Grave marker for Leonard W. Van in Plot 441 of the Woodland
Cemetery, Kentwood (Tangipahoa Parish), Louisiana.
Leonard enlisted in the Army at Camp Fannin, Tyler, TX on
15 October 1942 and was assigned to Company E, 508th PIR.
TSgt Van subsequently re-enlisted on 8 January 1946
but was discharged on May 13, 1948.
[Note: a large segment of his records are missing in
the 1944/45 timeframe so his combat record is unclear] |