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Personal info

Full name
LEONARD, Jeremy "Jerry"
Date of birth
10 October 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
12162705
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
Medical Detachment,
415th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
Stolberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 18 36

Immediate family

Members
Morel Leonard (father)
Louise Leonard (mother)
Barbara Leonard (sister)
Emily Leonard (sister)
William Leonard (brother)
Hugo Leonard (brother)

More information

Pvt Jeremy Leonard volunteered for the US Army in Newark, New Jersey on 7 October 1942.
He graduated from Ridgewood High School in 1942 where he played football, ran track, was in the camera club, archery club and booster club.
He was killed by a gun shot wound to the abdomen.

He is remembered at the Bryn Athyn Cemetery in Bryn Athyn, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, Arjan van Hassel, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com - Chris Stout / Lisa Phillips, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Chris Stout / Lisa Phillips