Name:
Leonard L. Smith
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
12226520
Unit:
36th Bomber Squadron, 801st Bomb Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-11-15
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Cambridge American Cemetery, United Kingdom
Plot:
D
Row:
5
Grave:
32
Decoration:
Air Medal, Purple Heart
Comments:
Leonard L. Smith served in the 36th Bomber Squadron, 801st Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Private First Class and Left Waist Gunner on the B-24 #42-51219 during World War II. He died on November 15, 1944, in the takeoff crash of his airplane at Ivinghoe near Cheddington, England. He is now buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom.