US PARAS Leonard, Ocko Franklin

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Leonard​

• FORENAME

Ocko Franklin​

• UNIT

504th Parachute Infantry Regiment​

• RANK

Private​

• NUMBER

34114070​

• DATE OF DEATH

20th September 1944​

• AGE

23​

• GRAVESITE

Pilgrim Reformed Church Cemetery, Lexington, North Carolina, USA​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 25.10.1920 Lexington, North Carolina, USA​

father William Thomas Leonard (1884-1922)​

mother Artie Lee (nee Everhart)​

grammar school education​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

12.06.1941 entered service Fort Bragg, North Carolina​

01.07.1941 draft card Danbury, North Carolina​

02.1942 earned Parachutist Wings​

15.11.1942 WIA Algeria (Sprained knee)​

11.1942 - 09.1943 record shows deserted​

KIA France​

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