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Personal info

Full name
MILLER, Leonard Mathais
Date of birth
16 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Ashville, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Ashville, Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33572411
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 6 13

Immediate family

Members
Frank C. Miller (father)
Susan Miller (mother)
George Miller (brother)
Mary Miller (sister)
Paul Miller (brother)
Margaret Miller (sister)
Earl J. Miller (brother)
Esther E. (Schenk) Miller (wife)

More information

Sgt Leonard M. Miller was employed at the United States Aluminum Company before he enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 9 February 1943.

He was killed by artillery fire.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Mr. Earl J. Miller, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census, www.87thinfantrydivision.com
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