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Personal info

Full name
SATHER, Leroy B
Date of birth
20 November 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Wisconsin
Hometown
Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
O-1287070
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sanry, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 27 39

Immediate family

Members
Gladys M. (Giebisch) Sather (wife)

More information

1st Lt Leroy B. Sather enlisted in the National Guard in Appleton, Wisconsin on 15 October 1940.

He attended 4 years of high school and worked in a paper factory before he enlisted.

He was first buried at the Limey Cemetery, Toul, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census
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