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Personal info

Full name
VANSELOUS, Leon Thomas
Date of birth
26 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Oklahoma
Hometown
Fairfax, Payne County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38401576
Rank
Corporal
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
Medical Detachment,
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
11 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 31 67

Immediate family

Members
Edward F. Vanselous (father)
Vence M. Vanselous (mother)
Kenneth C. Vanselous (brother)

More information

Cpl Leon T. Vanselous enlisted in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 6 March 1943.

He attended 4 years of College at the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College in Stillwater Oklahoma.
He graduated in 1942.

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

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michael Beach, www.ancestry.com - Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College Yearbook 1942