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Personal info

Full name
MCLEOD, William Hutchison
Date of birth
22 November 1909
Age
34
Place of birth
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
Hometown
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
20900958
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
Northeast of Nancy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 26 74

Immediate family

Members
Roderick W. McLeod (father)
Kathryn (Hutchison) McLeod (mother)
Kathryn M. McLeod (sister)
John R. McLeod (brother)
Colin C. McLeod (brother)
Ruth A. (Wheeler) McLeod (wife)

More information

Pfc Willaim H. McLeod attended high school for three years and was a poultry farmer before he joined the National Guard in Los Angeles, California on 3 March 1941. He was sent overseas in May 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Dusty Ezell Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave,com - SueMac, www.newspapers.com - The Southwest Wave, 30 November 1944
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