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LEANO, Joseph A - Date of
birth
16 January 1914 -
Age
30 - Place of
birth
New York -
Hometown
Watertown, Jefferson County, New York
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
32936045 -
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade -
Function
Medical Aidman -
Unit
Medical Detachment,
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
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Awards
Silver Star,
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
7 October 1944 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Fort Driant, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine -
Tablets of the Missing
* This soldier has been accounted for. A rosette has been placed next to his name.
Immediate family
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Members
Dominick Leano (father)
Mary F. Leano (mother)
Grace Leano (sister)
Carmella Leano (sister)
Josephine Carmella (sister)
Angelina Leano (sister)
Mary Leano (sister)
Rose Leano (sister)
More information
T/5 Joseph A. Leano worked in a foundry.He enlisted in Syracruse, New York on 15 May 1943.
According to a report of 2nd Lt Goell, B Company was ordered to attack a section of Fort Driant on 7 October 1944. The platoon of S/Sgt Pihera was surrounded in a concrete shelter were they had assembled for re-organization and were killed by enemy small arms and artillery fire. No attempts could be made to evacuate the remains of casualties incurred in this action due to the tactital position of the enemy. Field investigations were conducted in the area in May 1948 and January 1950 with negative results.
On 2 July 2001 the Central Identification Laboratory-Hawaii (CILHI, now DPAA) identified the remains of T/5 Joseph A. Leano.
He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
He is also remembered on a statue at Fort Driant.
Source of information: Leo Minne, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Jackson Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michael V Drachman, Le Fort Driant (Facebook)