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Personal info

Full name
PAINTER, Leslie Winston
Date of birth
22 July 1921
Age
24
Place of birth
DeKalb County, Alabama
Hometown
DeKalb County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34334638
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
16 February 1946
Place of death
Stalag 7B, Memmingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Luther W. Painter (father)
Nancy C. (McCreless) Painter (mother)
James C. Painter (brother)
Azalia Painter (sister)
Ulysess L. Painter (brother)
Missouri A. Painter (sister)
Mary K. Painter (sister)
J. Valdor Painter (brother)

More information

Cpl Leslie W. Painter enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 17 July 1942. He attended high school for 4 years and was a farmer before he enlisted.
He was taken prisoner of war on 18 November 1944 when his unit was fighting in Hamich, in the Hurtgen Forest in Germany.

Cpl Leslie W. Painter is remembered at Concord United Baptist Church Cemetery in Hustleville, Marshall County, Alabama.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com

Photo source: Astrid van Erp, www.findagrave.com - Maria Gilliland