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Personal info

Full name
LEITNER, Frank Leopold
Date of birth
23 December 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Aitkin County, Minnesota
Hometown
Aitkin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37278674
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
23 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 36 23

Immediate family

Members
Frank J. Leitner (father)
Johanna K. Leitner (mother)
Margaret B. Leitner (sister)
Michael J. Leitner (brother)
Joseph G. Leitner (brother)
Anna M. Leitner (sister)
Herman C. Leitner (brother)
Rose E. Leitner (sister)
Georg J. Leitner (brother)
Leo R. Leitner (brother)

More information

Pfc Frank L. Leitner worked on a farm before he enlisted.

At the time of his death, the 11th Infantry Regiment was engaged in the fighting around the Rhine River bridgehead in the vicinity of Nierstein-Oppenheim, Germany.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census, A footsoldier for Patton - Michael C. Bilder and James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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