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Personal info

Full name
NEAL, Leonard
Date of birth
11 March 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Stilwell, Collensville, Oklahama
Hometown
South Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38208493
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
310th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Near Kesternich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 8 23

Immediate family

Members
Dillard Neal (father)
Gertie F. (Eubanks) Neal (mother)
Author Neal (brother)
Willard Neal (brother)
Hester Neal (sister)
Oma Neal (sister)
Geneva Neal (sister)
Frank Neal (brother)
Rolly Neal (sister)
Evelyn Neal (sister)
Claude Neal (brother)
Stella M. (Hartley) Neal (wife)
Mike Neal (son)
Manuel Neal (son)
Mitchell Neal (son)
Roger D. James (stepson)

More information

Pfc Leonard Neal graduated from Cavanaugh High School and was employed by the Athletic Mining Company.

He enlisted in Little Rock, Arkansas on 13 July 1942 and was sent overseas in October 1944.
Pfc Neal is remembered at the Forest Park Cemetery in Forth Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – James L. Cooper / Richard Blunk / A Neal, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Arkansas, County Marriages Index / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Tammi, Storiesbehindthestars.org