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Personal info

Full name
HENNESSY, Leo
Date of birth
16 June 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Auburn, Cayuga County, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
O1998410
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Gymnich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 9 48

Immediate family

Members
J. Leo Hennessy (father)
Mary (Walsh) Hennessy (mother)
Muriel (Breitenbach) Hennessy (sister)

More information

2nd Lt Leo Hennesy enlisted in 1935. He first served at Ft Jay in the 16th Infantry until approximately 1938 when he was PCS'ed to the Panama Canal Zone for several years. After serving in the Panama Canal Zone he was selected for one of the first OCS classes at Ft Benning. He did not graduate from his OCS class as he was discharged from the OCS for fighting. He was immediately assigned from OCS to the 18th Infantry Regiment which at that time was going from Ft Benning to Ft Indiantown Gap for shipment to England prior to the invasion of North Africa.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Kevin Walsh, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - various family trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.wwiimemorial.com