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Personal info

Full name
REDNER, Leonard Joseph
Date of birth
1 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Novelty, Geauga County, Ohio
Hometown
Akron, Summit County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35593554
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
20th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 March 1945
Place of death
Ehrang, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 9 2

Immediate family

Members
Walter J. Redner (father)
Pearl W. (Wasielewski) Redner (mother)
Henry J. Redner (brother)
Helen P. Redner (sister)
Hazel G. (Butler) Redner (wife)
Craig Redner (son)

More information

S/Sgt Leonard J. Redner attended high school for four years and was employed at the Goodyear Aircraft Co. before he enlisted in Akron, Ohio on 2 December 1942.

He was killed after he and a few of his men had become separated from the others and were cut off in a German town.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Ratajczak Obrien Family / Summit County Ohio Marriage Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.10tharmored.com, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com – The Akron Beacon Journal 24 July 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.newspapers.com – The Akron Beacon Journal 24 July 1945