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Personal info

Full name
WALSH, Leo P
Date of birth
1914
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36018669
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Consdorf-Berdorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 16 43

Immediate family

Members
Dennis A. Walsh (father)
Catherine (Sullivan) Walsh (mother)
Thomas F. Walsh (brother)
Mary J. Walsh (sister)
John M. Walsh (brother)
Helen M. Walsh (sister)

More information

Pfc Leo P. Walsh worked as a bellman before he enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 10 April 1941.

He was reported wounded in action in Normandy and, after revocering, had left an English hospital only weeks before he was killed on Christmans Day.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Court Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, www.newspapers.com - Chicago Daily Tribune

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery