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Personal info

Full name
ENFIELD, Leo Laverne
Date of birth
26 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Coon Rapids, Carroll County, Iowa
Hometown
Coon Rapids, Carroll County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37665404
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
21 October 1944
Place of death
Near Remoncourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 40 7

Immediate family

Members
Lloyd E. Enfield (father)
Ada P. (Ogborn) Enfield (mother)
Viola E. Enfield (sister)
Fern I. Enfield (sister)
Raymond A. Enfield (brother)
Clara L. Enfield (sister)
Roscoe E. Enfield (brother)
Gladys M. Enfield (sister)

More information

Pfc Leo L. Enfield attended high school for two years and was a driver at the Armour And Co before he enlisted at Camp Dodge, Iowa on 13 March 1943. He was sent overseas in May 1944 and has been in France since July 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his buttock, hip and back.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Hoffman Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Brenda Allyn, www.newspapers.com – Carroll Daily Times Herald 17 November 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy