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Personal info

Full name
CONRATH, Leon Anton
Date of birth
22 November 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana
Hometown
Vigo County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
O-1296176
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Company Commander
Unit
394th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
Cologne, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 5 8

Immediate family

Members
Joseph T. Conrath (father)
Christine (Frisz) Conrath (mother)
Joseph T. Conrath (brother)
Cecilia C. Conrath (sister)
Josephine E. Conrath (wife)

More information

Leon Conrath graduated from Indiana State Laboratory High School and Rose Polytechnic Institute.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 21 October 1941 and received his commission in the fall of 1942 at the Officer's School at fort Benning, Georgia.

He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal in recognition of heroic achievement in December 1944.

His brother Joseph served as a Master Sergeant with a photo reconnaissance squadron in England.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Hauck Frisz Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Vigo County Public Library - Terre Haute Tribune 12 April 1942