KILLED IN ACTION
Pvt. Bruce H. Ledbetter, 28, son of Mrs. S. E. Ledbetter, 505 Willowbrook street, has been reported as killed in action on December 26 in Belgium. He was in the spearhead division of General Hodges' First Army. He has two brothers in the service, First Class Petty Officer Alton D. Ledbetter of the Sea Bees and Sgt. James Reece Ledbetter, with MacArthur's forces in the Philippines. Besides these brothers and his mother he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Hugh Helms, Mrs. Walter Brooks, both of Stanly County, and Mrs. Lacy Barbee, of Jamestown, Rt. 1. Another brother Alford L. Ledbetter, resides with the mother on Willowbrook street. Pvt. Ledbetter entered service in July of 1941 and left for overseas duty in November of 1944.
High Point, NC Floral Garden Park Cemetery records indicate burial occurred in Nov. 1947.
KILLED IN ACTION
Pvt. Bruce H. Ledbetter, 28, son of Mrs. S. E. Ledbetter, 505 Willowbrook street, has been reported as killed in action on December 26 in Belgium. He was in the spearhead division of General Hodges' First Army. He has two brothers in the service, First Class Petty Officer Alton D. Ledbetter of the Sea Bees and Sgt. James Reece Ledbetter, with MacArthur's forces in the Philippines. Besides these brothers and his mother he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Hugh Helms, Mrs. Walter Brooks, both of Stanly County, and Mrs. Lacy Barbee, of Jamestown, Rt. 1. Another brother Alford L. Ledbetter, resides with the mother on Willowbrook street. Pvt. Ledbetter entered service in July of 1941 and left for overseas duty in November of 1944.
High Point, NC Floral Garden Park Cemetery records indicate burial occurred in Nov. 1947.
Inscription
BRUCE H LEDBETTER
NORTH CAROLINA
PVT 36 ARMD INF 3 ARMD DIV
WORLD WAR II
APRIL 8 1917 DEC 26 1944
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