S/Sgt. Leroy Otto Hinrichs
Born: 8 June 1913 – Illinois
Parents: Rudolph E. Hinrichs & Wilhelmina Brehmer-Hinrichs
Siblings: 2 sisters, 1 brother
Hometown: Maywood, Illinois
Education:
– Irving School, Maywood
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1931
– left before class graduated
Employed: Sears Roebuck & Company – Chicago, Illinois
Wife: Catherine Kiemel
– 16 June 1934 – Forest Park, Illinois
Children: 1 son
Residence: 2134 South Sixteenth Avenue, Broadview, Illinois
Selective Service Registration: 16 October 1940
Contact Person: Kathrine Heinrichs – wife
Inducted:
– 15 January 1944
Serial Number: 36786824
Training:
– Camp Walters, Texas
Unit: Not known
Engagements:
– D-Day Invasion
– Battle of France
Killed in Action:
– 3 September 1944 – Kameo, France
Buried:
– 20 July 1948
– Forest Home Cemetery – Forest Park, Illinois
– Section: 28 Lot: 23
Medals:
– Purple Heart
