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Personal info

Full name
HANSEN, Leslie Henry Louis
Date of birth
22 August 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Hoffman, Clinton County, Illinois
Hometown
Peoria County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36326521
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
E Battery,
80th Airborne Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 September 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 1 8

Immediate family

Members
William Hansen (father)
Clara (Grote) Hansen (mother)
Florence Hansen (sister)
Irene Hansen (sister)
Mildred Hansen (sister)
Elda Hansen (sister)
Mary E. (Wessels) Hansen (wife)

More information

Cpl Leslie H. Hansen enlisted at Camp Grant, Illinois on 24 March 1942.

Cpl Hansen was manning an anti-tank gun when it was assaulted by two German tanks. They could knock out the first tank but the second could place a direct hit.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois)