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Personal info

Full name
MEADOWS, Leroy
Date of birth
9 May 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina
Hometown
Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34778467
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
17 December 1945
Place of death
Gersheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Alfred Meadows (father)
Minnie J. (Sherrill) Meadows (mother)
Lloyd E. Meadows (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Leroy Meadows enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 9 July 1943.

He was officially declared dead one year and one day after he was reported missing in action. At that time his unit was fighting in the vicinity of Gersheim, Germany.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / A Meadows White Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman