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Personal info

Full name
LEBEAU, William Olivier
Date of birth
12 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Central Falls, Providence County, Rhode Island
Hometown
Providence County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
31059616
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
63rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
11th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 February 1945
Place of death
Leidenborn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 12 6

Immediate family

Members
Olivier L. Lebeau (father)
Alexandina M. (Robillard) Lebeau (mother)
Arthur Lebeau (brother)
Theodore A. Lebeau (brother)
Ovila A. Lebeau (brother)
Leo Lebeau (brother)
Raymond Lebeau (brother)
Armand Lebeau (brother)
Henry Lebeau (brother)
Edward Lebeau (brother)

More information

Pfc Lebeau graduated from St. Joseph’s Parochial School and Benjamin Franklin Junior High School. He was also a graduate of Norwalk High School, Class of 1945, and played right guard with the high school team. He worked part time at the Veterans Market, South Main Street.

He enlisted in October 1944 and went overseas on 15 January 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Erwin Derhaag, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, The Norwalk Hour 25-apr-1945
www.archives.gov, www.11tharmoreddivision.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, The Norwalk Hour 25 april 1945