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Personal info

Full name
KIRKLAND, Leonidas "Lonnie"
Date of birth
1915
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Alabama
Hometown
Kissimmee, Osceola County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34910653
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 December 1944
Place of death
Near Mertzwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 9 5

Immediate family

Members
William W. Kirkland (father)
Lucy L. (Summerford) Kirkland (mother)
Lena D. Kirkland (sister)
Jack S. Kirkland (brother)
Charity W. Kirkland (brother)
Hattie M. (Stinebaugh) Kirkland (wife)
Billy L. Kirkland (son)
Richard Kirkland (son)
Janice M. Kirkland (daughter)

More information

Pfc Leonidas Kirkland worked with the Kissimmee Air Base fire department before he enlisted in Camp Blanding, Florida on 13 January 1944.

After moving into France Pvt Lonnie was wounded 18 October 1944. He returned to the front 5 November and was killed a month later.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, France.

He is remembered at the Sardis Cemetery in Abbeville, Henry County, Alabama.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Pamela Boggan, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com – Christine Thacker, www.newspapers.com – The Palm Beach Post Florida 31 December 1944
Photo source: www.ancestry.com – Pamela Boggan / Lynn McCalvin