WWII · Battle Death Record
Leroy Schreiber
Major, U.S. Army Air Forces · Massachusetts
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Leroy Schreiber
- Entered the Service From
- Massachusetts
- Rank
- Major
- Service
- U.S. Army Air Forces
- Unit / Regiment
- 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group
- War
- WWII
- Date of Death
- April 15, 1944
- Awards
- Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Flying Cross (5), Purple Heart, Air Medal (4)
- Burial / Memorial
- Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial, Neupré, Belgium
- Grave
- Plot C, Row 1, Grave 45
Their story
Major Leroy A. Schreiber was a USAAF fighter ace with the 62nd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, credited with 12 aerial victories flying the P-47 Thunderbolt. On April 15, 1944, his aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire while strafing an airfield near Flensburg, Germany, and crashed, killing him. His remains were later reburied at the Ardennes American Cemetery in Belgium.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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