PFC
H Leonard Lapides
Aged 20, fallen January 21, 1945
- Unit
- Company K, 232nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 37511823
- Hometown
- Jackson, Missouri
- Date of death
- January 21, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Epinal American Cemetery, Tablets of the Missing, Epinal, France
Private First Class H Leonard Lapides, serial number 37511823, of Jackson, Missouri, served with Company K of the 232nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 21, 1945, at the age of 20. His name is carved on the Tablets of the Missing at Epinal American Cemetery, Epinal, France.
Further reading: The 42nd “Rainbow” Division Was Not at the Battle of the Bulge.
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