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Personal info

Full name
PENSACK, Leonard Robert
Date of birth
7 June 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Warren County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32454362
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator
Unit
338th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 October 1943
Place of death
Bremen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 36 1

Immediate family

Members
Jacob Pensack (father)
Emma (Pots) Pensack (mother)
Edwin Pensack (brother)
Erwin Pensack (brother)
Jacob Pensack (brother)
Elmer Pensack (brother)
Herbert Pensack (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30373
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Lucky Lady III
Destination: Bremen, Germany
MACR: 854

More information

T/Sgt Leonard R. Pensack enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 31 July 1942.

Plane was crippled by flak, rockets and machine gun fire.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: FOHF, The Pensack Family, Mark W. Fagnan