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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 33900" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Kirk </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Leonard Curtis </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>4 Ranger Bn </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Private First Class </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>35657689</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Bronze Star </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Italy 1944 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 07.07.1924</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>grammar school education</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>single without dependents upon enlistment</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>12.04.1943 entered service Huntington, West Virginia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>30.12.1945 discharged</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 10.06.2007 </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/l-kirk-grave.14615/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/14/14615-a3d8bdca9032f0a9740affe32c5f9989.jpg?1591399209" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Obituary</span></em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>Birth: Jul. 7, 1924</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>Death: Jun. 10, 2007</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>Leonard, husband of the late Wilma Jean Williams Kirk, passed away peacefully in Smyrna, GA.</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>He leaves a loving family of sons and daughters-in-law Dan and Ann Kirk and Mike and Connie Kirk, granddaughters Meghann Danielle Kirk, Katharine Jean Kirk and Whitney Ann Kirk Adams with husband Matthew Adams, grandsons James Tyler Kirk and Jerad Michael Kirk with wife Lindsay Ann Kirk.</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>He served in the US Army with Colonel Darby's 4th Ranger Battalion and was a member of the elite First Special Service Force. He received two Purple Hearts, the Bronze Star, Presidential Unit Citation and the Good Conduct Medal for his service in World War II.</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>He was a life long Baptist, having served as a deacon for 20 years in his home church in Huntington, WV and was a retired steelworker.</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>Graveside services will be held at 10a on Friday, June 15, 2007 at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens, 6026 N US #1 in Fort Pierce, FL.</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>Published in the TC Palm on 6/13/2007</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>Family links:</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>Spouse:</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)"><em>Wilma Jean Kirk (1928 - 2005)</em></span></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">Hillcrest Memorial Gardens,Fort Pierce,St Lucie County,Florida Veterans Field of Honor </span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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