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Personal info

Full name
LITTRELL, Leon Glenn
Date of birth
16 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Grant County, Indiana
Hometown
Christian County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
15306032
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
413th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 October 1944
Place of death
South of Zundert, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 13 28

Immediate family

Members
Wayland Littrell (father)
Mayo Littrell (mother)
Arthur W. Littrell (brother)
Audrey Littrell (sister)
Morton S. Littrell (brother)
Wilma G. Littrell (sister)

More information

Pvt Leon G. Littrell graduated from Clark County High School where he played in the basketball team and attended college for one year.

He joined the U.S. Army Reserve in Lexington, Kentucky on 27 November 1942. He trained at Camp Wolters, Texas.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsh, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930/1940 Census / WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College, Yearbook 1942