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Leo F. Thornton
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Private First Class
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1945-07-24
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Leo F. Thornton served as a Private First Class and Assistant Engineer of an aircraft in WWII and was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.