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<blockquote data-quote="Craig Robertson" data-source="post: 60857" data-attributes="member: 6852"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Leyden</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>John Roger</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>3rd Raider Battalion (Company I)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Gunnery Sergeant</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>249877</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1st November 1943</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>27</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA. Section 13, Site 884</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 10.05.1916, Washington, District of Columbia, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father John Edward Leyden (1847-1919)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Blanche Helen (nee Partello) Leyden (1876-1944)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Next of kin - Sister, Mrs Marie L. Schurz, North 25th Street, Arlington, Virginia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA Puruate Island, Solomon Islands</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>posthumous Silver Star</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-leyden-grave.36724/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/36/36724-7980bbce6d192cac2d5868709f8b1789.jpg?1650623448" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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