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Personal info

Full name
MILLER, Leonard M
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York

Military service

Service number
12220348
Rank
Private
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 7 30

Immediate family

Members
Charles Miller (father)
Minnie Miller (mother)
Eileen Miller (sister)

More information

Pvt Leonard Miller enlisted in New York City, New York on 24 March 1943.

At the time of his death the 10th Infantry Regiment was engaged in the fighting in the vicinity of Pournoy - la – Chétive, France.

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

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, www.findagrave.com

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