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Personal info

Full name
BOLDEN, Leonard Elam
Date of birth
14 June 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
20624533
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
61st Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 December 1944
Place of death
Berdorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 7 13

Immediate family

Members
Charles F. Bolden (father)
Helen E. (Christian) Bolden (mother)
Charles F. Bolden (brother)
Elizabeth Bolden (sister)
Gracia Bolden (sister)
Paul Bolden (brother)

More information

Sgt Leonard E. Bolden attended high school for four years and was a compositor and typesetter before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 7 September 1942.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.10tharmored.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks Chicago Illinois