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Personal info

Full name
BARTON, Leon C
Date of birth
30 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Tropic, Garfield County, Utah
Hometown
Garfield County, Utah

Military service

Service number
39907161
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
823rd Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
15 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Thirimont, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 11 74

Immediate family

Members
Claud L. Barton (father)
Elizabeth (Mecham) Barton (mother)
Floriene Barton (sister)
Loral Barton (brother)
Lonetta Barton (sister)
Delyle Barton (brother)
Doriena Barton (sister)
Margerie Barton (sister)

More information

Leon C. Barton graduated from Tropic High School in 1940.

He enlisted on 16 January 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Salt Lake Telegram 1945,
www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com, Vicki Guymon Streeter, 1940 Census,
www.tankdestroyer.net

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Salt Lake Telegram 1945, Deseret News 8 February 1945