Rank and Name, Private Leo Devere Amundson.
Unit/Placed in, USS Arizona (BB-39) Battleship, United States Marine Corps.
Leo is born approx. on June 30, 1923 in Onalaska, Wisconsin.
Father, Alvin Amundson.
Mother, Olga (Berg) Amundson.
Sister(s), Clarence O. and Eline V. Amundson.
Leo enlisted the service in Minnesota with service number # 309872.
Leo was KIA when the Japanese Bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal Marine Corps, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Leo is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
He is also mentioned/buried at USS Arizona Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.
Thanks to,
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
