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Personal info

Full name
SCHURMAN, Leo Herman
Date of birth
23 May 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota
Hometown
Compton, Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
39579703
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 December 1944
Place of death
Near Kaundorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 2 31

Immediate family

Members
Theo Schurman (father)
Bernadine M. Schurman (mother)
Theodore Schurman (brother)
Mary Schurman (sister)
Edward Schurman (brother)
George Schurman (brother)
Elizabeth M. (Moening) Schurman (wife)

More information

Pfc Leo H. Schurman enlisted at Fort MacArthur, California on 24 March 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in his thigh and lung.

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 / Rosemary Gieske Billman Family Tree / 1910 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery