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Personal info

Full name
LEATON, Baldenar Garcia
Date of birth
10 November 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas
Hometown
San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38608008
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Weilerbach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 2 35

Immediate family

Members
Joe Leaton (father)
Ramona F. (Garcia) Leaton (mother)
Maria J. Leaton (sister)
Josefita Leaton (sister)
Bisenta Leaton (sister)
Reveca Leaton (sister)
Paul G. Leaton (brother)
Bonifacia Leaton (sister)
Guillermo Leaton (brother)
Narcisso Leaton (brother)

More information

Pfc Baldenar G. Leaton enlisted in Lubbock, Texas on 13 January 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Virginia West Virginia Family Tree / Texas Birth Certificates, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, San Angelo Evening Standard - 28 May 1945