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Personal info

Full name
DOSHIER, Leroy
Date of birth
December 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Hominey, Osage County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Arizona

Military service

Service number
18017424
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
9th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 January 1945
Place of death
Elsenborn Ridge, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 8 67

Immediate family

Members
Dock F. Doshier (father)
Ethel Doshier (mother)
Ferw Doshier (sister)
Alwa Doshier (sister)
Eugene Doshier (brother)
Elzie Doshier (brother)
Lola Doshier (sister)

More information

Pfc Leroy Doshier worked on a farm before he joined the Regular Army on 31 August 1940.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Army Enlistment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - sweetpea