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Personal info

Full name
THALDORF, Leader Ray
Date of birth
13 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Hammond, Lake County, Indiana
Hometown
Lansing, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16128005
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ingeldorf-Diekirch, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 10 5

Immediate family

Members
William Thaldorf (father)
Lena (Dreibelbis) Thaldorf (mother)
Jack Thaldorf (brother)
Lorraine (Hill) Thaldorf (wife)

More information

Pfc Leader R. Thaldorf graduated from Thornton Fractional Township High School.

He attended radio school in Chicago and in March 1943, was sent to the ASTP engineering school in Brookings, South Dakota. Following the discontinuance of the ASTP program nine months later, Thaldorf was transferred to the infantry, receiving his basic training at Fort Leonard Woods, Missouri, San Louis Obispo, California and Fort Meade, Maryland.

He had been overseas since October 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Indiana Birth Certificate / Raganyi Family Tree / U.S. School Yearbooks, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, www.newspapers.com - The Hammond Times

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – LuxAmCem, www.ancestryc.om – Thornton Fractional Township High School Yearbook 1937, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Hammond Times