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Personal info

Full name
LEIGHT, William Franklin
Date of birth
11 May 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Sykesville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Sykesville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33248912
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
398th Infantry Regiment,
100th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
2 February 1945
Place of death
Enchenberg, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 3 56

Immediate family

Members
Roy W. Leight (father)
Nina J. (Kicher) Leight (mother)
Milton W. Leight (brother)
Nora M. Leight (sister)
Margaret J. Leight (sister)
Gerald L. Leight (brother)
Ruth I. Leight (sister)
Wilma M. (Metz) Leight (wife)

More information

Pfc William F. Leight was employed at the Northwestern Mining and Exchange Company before he joined the U.S. Reserve in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 20 March 1944. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was killed by accidental gunshot wounds.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Kindred Connections / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII, www.marshallfoundation.org - Company list, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton, www.newspapers.com – Sykesville Post-Dispatch - 9 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy