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PFC Lealon Baber

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PFC Lealon Baber Veteran

Birth
Bokchito, Bryan County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
11 Jul 1944 (aged 28)
Saint-Lô, Departement de la Manche, Basse-Normandie, France
Burial
Durant, Bryan County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 2, Lot 1439
Memorial ID
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PFC Baber was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Baber, residents of Bokchito in 1946. Graduated from high school at Bennington, Oklahoma and joined the Army on July 29, 1940. Killed in action in France. Military ID# 18027561.

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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN) #18027561
Enlistment Date: 07/29/1940
A Company, 38th Infantry Division, 2nd Infantry Division

Lealon Baber is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Bryan County, Oklahoma.

U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954, lists his cause of death as Artillery Shell Fragments to the leg and forearm.

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970, lists form signed for by William J. Baber of Route #1, Bokchito, Oklahoma, on 02/10/1948.

***I would like to thank Don J Find A Grave ID 47106048 for creating this memorial***

***I would like to thank Michelle Find A Grave ID (unknown) and Mickey Find A Grave ID 47152564 for adding their photos of the gravesite to this memorial***

***I would like to thank Ronan Urvoaz Find A Grave ID 46858540 for updating the death location information on this memorial***
PFC Baber was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Baber, residents of Bokchito in 1946. Graduated from high school at Bennington, Oklahoma and joined the Army on July 29, 1940. Killed in action in France. Military ID# 18027561.

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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN) #18027561
Enlistment Date: 07/29/1940
A Company, 38th Infantry Division, 2nd Infantry Division

Lealon Baber is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Bryan County, Oklahoma.

U.S., World War II Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954, lists his cause of death as Artillery Shell Fragments to the leg and forearm.

U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970, lists form signed for by William J. Baber of Route #1, Bokchito, Oklahoma, on 02/10/1948.

***I would like to thank Don J Find A Grave ID 47106048 for creating this memorial***

***I would like to thank Michelle Find A Grave ID (unknown) and Mickey Find A Grave ID 47152564 for adding their photos of the gravesite to this memorial***

***I would like to thank Ronan Urvoaz Find A Grave ID 46858540 for updating the death location information on this memorial***



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  • Maintained by: Eric Ackerman
  • Originally Created by: Don J
  • Added: Jun 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53409911/lealon-baber: accessed ), memorial page for PFC Lealon Baber (14 Dec 1915–11 Jul 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 53409911, citing Highland Cemetery, Durant, Bryan County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by Eric Ackerman (contributor 48445240).