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Personal info

Full name
MILES, Le Roy Legrande
Date of birth
12 July 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Hometown
Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31272051
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
61st Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 14 54

Immediate family

Members
Frederick R. Miles (father)
Edith A. (Lockwood) Miles (mother)
Everett C. Miles (brother)
Jessie L. Miles (sister)
Christie L. Miles (brother)
Leonard T. Miles (brother)
Lillian Miles (sister)

More information

T/5 Le Roy L. Miles attended high school for one year and was a gardener and ground keeper before he enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 1 December 1942.

He was killed by a gunshot in his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Rob Martin Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten