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Personal info

Full name
ROWE, Leon Woodard
Date of birth
10 December 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Alliance, Pamlico County, North Carolina
Hometown
Alliance, Pamlico County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34465667
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Nürnberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 22 24

Immediate family

Members
Lewis H. Rowe (father)
Mamie J. (Wiley) Rowe (mother)
James M. Rowe (brother)
Maggie B. Rowe (sister)
Grover C. Rowe (brother)
Eloise Rowe (sister)
Rodman G. Rowe (brother)
Alfred T. Rowe (brother)

More information

Pfc Leon W. Rowe worked on the family farm.
He enlisted at Fort Bragg on 2 December 1942.
In September 1944, in France, he was wounded by artillery shell fragments in his leg. He was discharged from the hospital in November.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, Family tree, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
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