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Personal info

Full name
BALLEGEER, Leo Deon
Date of birth
9 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
Hometown
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah

Military service

Service number
37038194
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Ettelbruck, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 15 1

Immediate family

Members
Camiel Ballegeer (father)
Zulma (Bulcaen) Ballegeer (mother)
Elizabeth A. (Tresnak) Ballegeer (wife)
Nancy L. Ballegeer (daughter)

More information

T/Sgt Leo D. Ballegeer graduated from Omaha South High School in 1936 and was an apprentice carpenter.

He enlisted on 3 June 1941 and had been overseas since September 1944.

His parents immigrated to the United States from Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / James Overfelt Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com – Loren Bender

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Loren Bender / ABMC