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Personal info

Full name
KOMNICK, Leonard John
Date of birth
18 March 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Emden, Logan County, Illinois
Hometown
Emden, Logan County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36436471
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
415th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 February 1945
Place of death
Arnoldsweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 12 46

Immediate family

Members
August Komnick (father)
Hannah P. (Pochalski) Komnick (mother)
Anna L. Komnick (sister)
Louis C. Komnick (brother)
Ludwig C. Komnick (brother)
William A. Komnick (brother)
Herman A. Komnick (brother)
Henry F. Komnick (brother)
Albert G. Komnick (brother)
Minnie M. Komnick (sister)
Arthur B. Komnick (brother)
Martha H. Komnick (sister)
Benjamin J. Komnick (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Leonard J. Komnick worked at a service station before he enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 16 November 1942 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Decatur Herald / The Pantagraph

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - coappleby1