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Personal info

Full name
LEMING, Elroy Charles
Date of birth
12 February 1913
Age
32
Place of birth
Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois
Hometown
Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O1316434
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
395th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 14 40

Immediate family

Members
George H. Leming (father)
Clara (Demlow) Leming (mother)
Elroy C. Leming (brother)
Harold K. Leming (brother)
Dorothy G. Leming (sister)
Neomi W. Leming (sister)
Thelma V. Leming (sister)
Deloris J. Leming (sister)
Erline P. (Zipse) Leming (wife)
Dennis Leming (son)
Marsha K. Leming (daughter)

More information

1st Lt Elroy C. Leming enlisted in Urbana, Illinois on 25 November 1940 and was sent overseas on 15 September 1944.

Source of information: Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / 1930 Census / WWII Enlistment Record, www.newspapers.com - Freeport Journal-Standard

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Urbana High School 1931