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Personal info

Full name
POINTS, Leslie Ronald
Date of birth
26 December 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Honey Creek, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Hometown
Rockford, Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
32300054
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 September 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 8 96

Immediate family

Members
John C. Points (father)
Maude G. (Spencer) Points (mother)
Letha F. Points (sister)
Dale F. Points (brother)
Theta L. Points (sister)
John D. Points (brother)
Phillip K. Points (brother)

More information

Pfc Leslie R. Points attended high school for one year and worked on the family farm before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 4 May 1942.

He was first bruied at the Temporary American Military Cemetary 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 / Webster Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Albert Ledoux
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Terrie King