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Personal info

Full name
CADY, Leonard E
Date of birth
1 December 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Flint, Genesee County, Michigan
Hometown
Genesee County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36977550
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 45 32

Immediate family

Members
Frederick Cady (father)
Harriet (Wilson) Cady (mother)
Lawrence F. Cady (brother)
Carl W. Cady (brother)
Laverne A. Cady (brother)
Robert E. Cady (brother)
Joy E. Cady (sister)
Gerald R. Cady (brother)
Genevieve A. (Kinney) Cady (wife)
Carol L. Cady (daughter)
Dennis Cady (son)

More information

Pvt Leonard E. Cady graduated from Central High School and was employed at Cady Cartage Co..

He enlisted in May 1944 and was sent overseas in October 1944.

Pvt Leonard E. Cady was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php, www.newspapers.com - The Flint Journal - 29 December 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Denise Kellam, www.newspapers.com - The Flint Journal - 29 December 1944