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Personal info

Full name
BASS, Leymer Dukes Hansen
Date of birth
24 October 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
Hometown
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
39475973
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Medelsheim-Utweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 39 17

Immediate family

Members
Paul W. Hansen (father)
Verda B. (Dukes) Hansen (mother)
Caroline J. Hansen (sister)
Noble T. Bass (stepfather)

More information

Pvt Leymer D.H. Bass graduated from Anchorage, Alaska, High School, afterwards attending college in Alaska for two years.

He enlisted in Seattle, Washington on 7 August 1944 and was sent overseas in January 1945.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Robert