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Personal info

Full name
RAILING, Leo Virgil
Date of birth
16 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Clearwater, Sedgwick County, Kansas
Hometown
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37741579
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 February 1945
Place of death
Saarlouis, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 35 30

Immediate family

Members
Clyde H. Railing (father)
Mary L. (Roberts) Railing (mother)
Merle K. Railing (brother)
Deane L. Railing (sister)
Bonnie J. Railing (wife)
Ronald L. Railing (son)

More information

Pfc Leo V. Railing attended high school for two years and was a driver before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 27 April 1944.
He is remembered at the Clearwater Cemetery in Clearwater, Sedgwick County, Kansas.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Hood Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – The Old Genealogist / R & S, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Barb