Godfray Leonard C.

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Leonard C. Godfray is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

West Point D-Day Memorial

First Division Monument- Omaha Beach

Name:

Leonard C. Godfray

Rank:

Major

Serial Number:

O-020344

Unit:

16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1944-06-06

State:

Rhode Island

Cemetery:

Normandy American Cemetery, France

Plot:

Tablets of the Missing

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart

Comments:

Leonard C. Godfray was born on December 12, 1912 in Massachusetts. He entered the military service in Rhode Island and served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Major in the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was killed during the invasion on Omaha Beach, France but was declared "Missing" on June 6, 1944 and is memorialized on Tablets of the Missing, Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France. He also has a cenotaph located in Grove Street Cemetery, Putnam, Windham County, Connecticut, USA.