Rank and Name, Metalsmith First Class Leonard Ferdnay Smith.
Unit/Placed in, USS Oklahoma (BB-37) Battleship, United States Navy.
Leonard is born approx. on 1912 in Pennsylvania.
Father, Floyd F. Smith.
Mother, Emily H. (Gage) Smith.
Brother(s), Earl Thomas Smith.
Spouse, Doris G. Smith.
Leonard enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # 2384168.
Leonard was KIA in the attack by the Japanese forces, the Oklahoma suffered multiple torpedo hits, causing it to capsize on 7 Dec. 1941, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Leonard is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.
Courts of the missing.
Leonard is also mentioned at USS Oklahoma Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Honolulu County, Hawaii, VS.
Thanks to, https://www.okhistory.org/kids/ussok8.php
https://www.nps.gov/valr/learn/historyculture/ussarizonacasualties.htm
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
Accounted for on 16 April 2020 His remains have been recovered and identified.
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the US Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.
