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Personal info

Full name
HUTO, Leonard Howard
Date of birth
24 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Malone, Franklin County, New York
Hometown
Rensselaer County, New York

Military service

Service number
32226699
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 September 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 14 67

Immediate family

Members
John J. Huto (father)
Florence M. (Lamica) Huto (mother)
Evelyn E. (Kneer) Huto (wife)
Howard J. Huto (son)

More information

Sgt Leonard H. Huto worked on a farm before he enlisted at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York on 12 March 1942. He was sent overseas in October 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, 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 / Bedore Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Troy Record New York 28 November 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy