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Personal info

Full name
FRENCH, Leslie Walter
Date of birth
13 July 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Colman, Moody County, South Dakota
Hometown
Scott County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
36777762
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Gunner
Unit
Anti-Tank Company,
358th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 January 1945
Place of death
Oberwampach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 3 15

Immediate family

Members
Fred L. French (father)
Helen (Wendling) French (mother)
Donald P. French (brother)
Dorothy (Cerjan) French (wife)

More information

Pfc Leslie W. French was employed at the Rock Island Arsenal.

He enlisted on 27 December 1943 and had been overseas since July 1944.

He was wounded in action on 15 November 1944 at Metz, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - Quad City Times Iowa 18 february 1945, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com - Quad City Times Iowa - 18 February 1945