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PFC Leonard Rice Brooks

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PFC Leonard Rice Brooks Veteran

Birth
Maryland, USA
Death
24 Mar 1945 (aged 23)
Burial
Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands Add to Map
Plot
C Row 11 Grave 16
Memorial ID
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Son of Mrs. Marian Rice Brooks who resided in Baltimore, Maryland.

Leonard served as a Private First Class, 507th Parachute Infantry Regt, 17th Airborne Division, U.S. Army during World War II.

He resided in Baltimore County, Maryland prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on February 9, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the mechanical treatment of metals and also as Single, without dependents.

Leonard was "Killed In Action" during the war.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # 13069286

Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett

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Son of Mrs. Marian Rice Brooks who resided in Baltimore, Maryland.

Leonard served as a Private First Class, 507th Parachute Infantry Regt, 17th Airborne Division, U.S. Army during World War II.

He resided in Baltimore County, Maryland prior to the war.

He enlisted in the Army on February 9, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the mechanical treatment of metals and also as Single, without dependents.

Leonard was "Killed In Action" during the war.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # 13069286

Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett

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  • Maintained by: MAJ Jimmy Cotton
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56297107/leonard_rice-brooks: accessed ), memorial page for PFC Leonard Rice Brooks (5 Sep 1921–24 Mar 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56297107, citing Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands; Maintained by MAJ Jimmy Cotton (contributor 48803557).