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John Robertson

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  • SURNAME
Lomell
  • FORENAME
Leonard G. (Bud)
  • UNIT
2 Ranger Bn (Company D)
  • RANK
First Sergeant + Second Lieutenant
  • NUMBER
32269677 + 0-886900
  • AWARD
Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Military Medal (GB), Legion dHonneur (Fr)
  • PLACE
Normandy 1944 (DSC, MM. LdH) Germany 1944 (SS)
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Point Pleasant, New Jersey
born 22.1.1920 Brooklyn, New York
son of George G. and Pauline Peterson Lomell
graduated Point Pleasant Beach High School
graduated Tennessee Wesleyan College 1941
brakeman on freight trains in civilian life
entered service 1942
76th Infantry Division
2 Ranger Bn
Battlefield Commission
WIA 7.12.1944 Hurtgen Forest, Germany
WIA 1945 Belgium
discharged December 1945
attended La Salle and Rutgers Universities (law school)
passed the bar 1951
attorney, Toms River, New Jersey
married Charlotte Ewart 1946 (3 daughters)
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CITATION:

Distinguished Service Cross : The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Sergeant Leonard G. Lomell (ASN: 32269677), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Company D, 2d Ranger Infantry Battalion, in action against enemy forces on 6 June 1944, in France. First Sergeant Lomell led a patrol of men through the heaviest kind of automatic weapons fire to destroy an enemy machine gun nest. Later on the same day, while leading another patrol, he penetrated through the enemy lines to the rear and discovered five enemy 155-mm. guns which were shelling the beachhead. Though these guns were well-guarded, nevertheless he gallantly led his patrol against the enemy and successfully destroyed the guns as well as the ammunition supply. First Sergeant Lomell's bold and outstanding leadership in the face of superior numbers is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.

Silver Star : First Sergeant Leonard G. Lomell (ASN: 32269677), United States Army, was awarded the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with Company D, 2d Ranger Infantry Battalion, in action in France, on 7 December 1944. First Sergeant Lomell's gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.

WEB LINKS:

https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/23058
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