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Personal info

Full name
LEABO, Herschel Wright "Kelly"
Date of birth
9 August 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Salmon, Lemhi County, Idaho
Hometown
Cowlitz County, Washington
Ethnicity
Native American

Military service

Service number
39198669
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
736th Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 14 22

Immediate family

Members
George A. Leabo (father)
Lettie A. (Wright) Leabo (mother)
Ruth A. Leabo (sister)
Charles W. Leabo (brother)
Ducette G. Leabo (brother)
Ralph E. Leabo (brother)
Bernice C. Leabo (sister)

More information

T/5 Herschel W. Leabo worked in a sawmill.

He enlisted in Tacoma, Washington on 16 January 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / Idaho Birth Index, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 736th Tank Battalion

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Cindy Abbey