Rank/Rate	Seaman, First Class
Service Number	223 99 41
Birth Date	April 4, 1923
From	Flushing, New York
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Grunion (SS-216)
Loss Date	July 30, 1942
Location	Near entrance to Kiska Harbor, Alaska
Circumstances	Sunk by armed Japanese freighter Kano Maru
Remarks	Leon was born in New York, New York.

Photo and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer. Photo of Leon's marker, below, placed at Florida National Military Cemetery,.courtesy of Fr. John L Franck, nephew.

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