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Personal info

Full name
SOURILE, Leonard Clarence
Date of birth
20 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36001845
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 February 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 7 21

Immediate family

Members
Peter J. Sourile (father)
Margaret (Cruse) Sourile (mother)
Margaret Sourile (sister)
Lorraine Sourile (sister)
Catherine Sourile (sister)
Helen Sourile (sister)

More information

T/5 Leonard C. Sourile enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 22 January 1941.

He served in North Africa, Sicily and Italy before being transferred to England in preparation of the invasion of Normandy.

He was killed on a transport bus with other troops.

Source of information: Tjarco Schuurman, www.archives.gov, http://www.wwIImemorial.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.newspapers.com - Chicago Daily Tribune, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Birth Certificate

Photo source: Peter Schouteten