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Personal info

Full name
NESHKES, Leo
Date of birth
8 June 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
O1060904
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Honskirch, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 13 105

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Neshkes (father)
Minnie (Beechved) Neshkes (mother)
Sylvia Neshkes (sister)
Hyman Neshkes (brother)
Alex Neshkes (brother)
Ruth Neshkes (sister)
Marcella (Wagner) Neshkes (wife)

More information

2nd Lt Leo Neshkes attended high school for four years before he enlisted in Detroit, Michigan on 9 June 1941.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / Forster Friedman Family Tree / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: -, https://www.jwv-mi.org/GoldStar/