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Personal info

Full name
LEONDEDIS, Gus
Date of birth
22 March 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
Hometown
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37527096
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
4th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron,
4th Cavalry Group
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Monschau-Lammersdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 3 19

Immediate family

Members
Pete H. Leondedis (father)
Erasmia Leondedis (mother)
George P. Leondedis (brother)
Mary Leondedis (sister)
Helen Leondedis (sister)

More information

Pvt Gus Leondedis enlisted at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas on 25 May 1943.
He attended 4 years of High School at the Wyandotte High School before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. Year Books 1876-2012 / Leondedis Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com