Pvt. Fred G. Leonard, Jr.


Born: 12 August 1919 - Kentucky

Parents: Fred C. Leonard & Alma Roach-Leonard

Hometown: Harrodsburg

Enlisted: Kentucky National Guard

Inducted: U. S. Army - 25 November 1940

Training: 

    Fort Knox, Kentucky

    Camp Polk, Louisiana

Overseas Duty: 

    Philippine Islands

Engagements: 

    Battle of Bataan

Prisoner of War: 

    9 April 1942

        Death March

            - Missing on march

POW Camps: 

    Philippine Islands: 

        Camp O'Donnell

        Cabanatuan #1

Died: 28 July 1942 - cerebral malaria

Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery - Harrodsburg


 

 

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