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Paxton, Leon Shelburn
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 4515" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Paxton </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Leon Shelburn </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 Ranger Bn (Company F) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Technician Fifth Class </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>35744888 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>30th January 1944 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>20</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Italy Tablets of the Missing </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Enoch, Clay County, West Virginia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 29.05.1923 Clay County, West Virginia, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father Alonzo Shelburn Paxton (1881-1955)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Nancy Ellen (nee Walker) Paxton (1885-1932)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 year high school</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>civil occupation unskilled transportation</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>single without dependents upon enlistment</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>30.06.1942 draft card Enoch, West Virginia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>01.12.1942 entered service Clarksburg, West Virginia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award Bronze Star, Purple Heart</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>MIA Anzio, Italy</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>declared dead 19.4.1945 </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/l-paxton.8037/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/8/8037-67b60b598354c1fe8d0417edcacb8386.jpg?1591389179" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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