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Personal info

Full name
LEFFERS, Garnet F
Date of birth
14 November 1914
Age
29
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Lockport, Will County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36782471
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
12 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 3 67

Immediate family

Members
John H. Leffers (father)
Margaret Leffers (mother)
Anna L. Leffers (sister)
Mary M. Leffers (sister)
Pearl E. Leffers (sister)
John Leffers (brother)
Hazel J. Leffers (sister)
Harry W. Leffers (brother)
Katherine B. Leffers (sister)
Vernice Leffers (brother)
Charles Leffers (brother)
Mariel A. Leffers (wife)

More information

At the time of his death, the 10th Infantry Regiment was engaged in the fighting in the vicinity of Arnaville, France.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of St. James, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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