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Personal info

Full name
LEASOR, Willie Lloyd
Date of birth
23 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
McCracken County, Kentucky
Hometown
Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35726771
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 October 1944
Place of death
West of Lemoncourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 7 36

Immediate family

Members
Jessie L. Leasor (father)
Josie F. (Mathis) Leasor (mother)
Frances M. Leasor (sister)
Virginia Leasor (wife)

More information

Pfc William L. Leasor was a carpenter before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 15 March 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

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 / This braided Ficus Wreath / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Eric Ackerman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Jaap Vermeer