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Captain Leslie Dale Winship was KIA 1/20/45 in Belgium. He
had served in the Ohio National Guard and was commissioned a 2nd Lt when
the Guard was activated in October 1940. He transferred to the
paratroops in 1941. He went overseas Dec 1943 and was wounded Dec 1944.
[Source: Columbus Ohio Dispatch, 11 Feb. 1945 - courtesy
of Darrin Mason]
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(courtesy of James Fraley)
Grave marker for Leslie Dale Winship in the Oak Grove
Cemetery, Delaware (Delaware county), Ohio.
Leslie D. Winship served as a 1st Lt. in Company I until
2 August 1944 when he was transferred to the 542nd PIR and subsequently
to the 509th PIR. He may have been promoted to Captain while in
the 542nd and moved to the 509th to fill a Company commander slot.
Captain Winship was awarded the Purple Heart with one
Oak Leaf Cluster
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