Stanly-Guilford County NcArchives Obituaries.....Ledbetter, Pvt. Bruce H. 1945
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High Point Enterprise - 21 Jan 1945
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.  
  
Note: Bruce H. Ledbetter, the son of William Schuyler and Susan Emeline Smith 
Ledbetter, was born 8 April 1917 in Big Lick Township, Stanly County, NC. 
After the death of his father the family moved to High Point, NC. Bruce 
entered military service on 23 July 1941 at Fort Bragg, NC. 

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