Name:
Leon Tolen
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
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Date of Death:
1944-09-28
State:
Illinois
Cemetery:
Waldheim Jewish Cemetery, Illinois
Plot:
Gate 53--I.O.B.A. (B'rith Abraham)
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Leon Tolen served in the US Air Corps as a during World War II. He died on September 28, 1944 and is now buried in the Waldheim Jewish Cemetery, Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Ssgt Tolen 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.