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Personal info

Full name
LEASURE, Charles Albert
Date of birth
7 December 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Mannington, Marion County, West Virginia
Hometown
Swett, Bennett County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35070196
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
254th Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Near Ammerschwihr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 6 14

Immediate family

Members
Charles Leasure (father)
Ada P. Leasure (mother)
Margaret J. Leasure (sister)
Pearl L. Leasure (sister)
William E. Leasure (brother)
Rosemary Leasure (sister)

More information

Pvt Charles A. Leasure was employed at the Rex and Gwinn Tire Shop before he enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census, www.63rdinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com
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