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Personal info

Full name
LEFLER, Henry Edward
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
West Virginia
Hometown
Slab Fork, Raleigh County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
15058173
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pournoy-la-Chétive, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 9 6

Immediate family

Members
Lee Lefler (father)
Alice L. (Fleeman) Lefler (mother)
King D. Lefler (brother)
Ruth E. Lefler (sister)
Roy R. Lefler (brother)
James C. Lefler (brother)
Lora Lefler (sister)
Marie Lefler (sister)
Richard Lefler (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Henry E. Lefler enlisted in the Regular Army at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 16 October 1940.
He attended 4 years of high school and worked in a company that produced backery products.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Kathleen KeeReagle Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton - Michael C. Bilder and James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com