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Personal info

Full name
GEIGER, Leroy Wilson
Date of birth
24 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Upper Salford, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Sumneytown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33589638
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 October 1944
Place of death
Near Remoncourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 34 15

Immediate family

Members
Wilson L. Geiger (father)
Ada M. (Witman) Geiger (mother)
Luella M. Geiger (sister)
Helen M. Geiger (sister)
Sadie M. Geiger (sister)
Harold W. Geiger (brother)

More information

Pfc Leroy W. Geiger was employed at the Continental Diamond Ciber Company in Bridgeport before he enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 4 March 1943.

He is also remembered at the Friedens Union Church Cemetery in Summertown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

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 / 1940 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Dvision, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton / Tom Myers
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Tom Myers