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Personal info

Full name
LEGGETT, William James
Date of birth
13 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31298962
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
463rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
3 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 22 4

Immediate family

Members
Charles W. Leggett (father)
Margaret L. (Healy) Leggett (mother)
Kathryn (MacDougall) Leggett (stepmother)
Margaret E. Leggett (sister)
Charles R. Leggett (brother)
Robert J. Leggett (brother)
Ralph H. Mac Dougall (stepbrother)
William Mac Dougall (stepbrother)

More information

Pvt William J. Leggett attended college and was employed at Bethlehem Steel Corporation.

He enlisted on 23 February 1943 at Boston, Massachusetts.

He was struck by an automobile or truck and died.

Pvt. William J. Leggett was originally buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Solers, France.

His stepbrother Ralph Mac Dougall is buried next to him.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, WWII Draft Card, Hospital Admission Card File

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, William Ralph Leggett