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Personal info

Full name
BLEDSOE, Leva Edward
Date of birth
11 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Muskogee County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Cleveland, Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38321717
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pont-à-Mousson, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 27 25

Immediate family

Members
Dan S. Bledsoe (father)
Georgia A. (Price) Bledsoe (mother)
Lena M. Bledsoe (sister)
Leamon Bledsoe (brother)
Louise Bledsoe (sister)
Loris Bledsoe (sister)

More information

Pfc Leva E. Bledsoe was a farmer before he enlisted in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 11 August 1942.
He is also remembered at the Woodland Cemetery in Cleveland.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, , www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thDivision.com, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Michael Beach / OkieBran