MERRILL'S MARAUDERS Lane, Leslie Willard

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Lane​

• FORENAME

Leslie Willard​

• UNIT

• RANK

First Lieutenant​

• NUMBER

0-376606​

• AWARD

Bronze Star,Purple Heart​

• PLACE

Burma 1944​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 18.4.1916 Walthill,Nebraska​

son of Dallas and Clara Ellen Lane​

graduated University of South Dakota (ROTC)​

commissioned Second Lieutenant,Infantry 1939​

Merrills Marauders 1944​

WIA 2.8.1944 Burma​

475 Infantry Regiment 1944-45​

95th Division (Army Reserve) 1948​

377 Regiment,95th Division (Army Reserve) (C.O.) 1961​

Assistant Divisional Commander,95th Division (Army Reserve) (Training) 1968​

retired as Brigadier General​

awards Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster,Purple Heart​

married Lois I. Murray (1919-2007) (2 sons Leslie and Larry,1 daughter Linda)​

resided 908 South Quebec Avenue,Tulsa,Oklahoma (1969)​

last residence Tulsa,Oklahoma​

died 12.12.2003 Norman,Oklahoma​

Memorial Park Cemetery,Tulsa,Tulsa County,Oklahoma​

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