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Personal info

Full name
LANDIS, Leonard E
Date of birth
11 October 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Monroe, Adams County, Indiana
Hometown
Kirkland, Adams County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35549504
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pompey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 6 33

Immediate family

Members
Earl S. Landis (father)
Bertha J. (Fugate) Landis (mother)
Homer G. Landis (brother)
Harvey E. Landis (brother)
Ruth M. Landis (sister)
Arthur Landis (brother)
Herman J. Landis (brother)
Willard E. Landis (brother)
Marie J. Landis (sister)

More information

Pfc Leonard E. Landis attended Kirkland High School for two years and worked on the family farm before he enlisted at Camp Perry Lacarne, Ohio on 10 March 1943.

He had his basic training at Camp Wolters, Texas and was sent overseas in July 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Indiana Birth Certificates, www.80thdivision.com
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