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Personal info

Full name
RAFFERTY, Leonard Francis Jr
Date of birth
11 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Bristol Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33343942
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
Rifleman
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicnity of Halsdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 2 12

Immediate family

Members
Francis L. Rafferty Sr. (father)
Amelia M. (Bossler) Rafferty (mother)
John J. Rafferty (brother)
Elizabeth M. Rafferty (sister)
Alice J. Rafferty (sister)
Anne M. Rafferty (sister)
Mary C. Rafferty (sister)
Jean Rafferty (sister)

More information

T/4 Leonard F. Rafferty Jr. graduated from Bristol High School and attended college.. He was a mechanic.

He enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 2 November 1942 and was sent overseas in June 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Rafferty Family Tree / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Bristol High School - 1938