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Leonard John HAMERNICK

Leonard John HAMERNICK

Male 1920 - 1943  (23 years)

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  • Name Leonard John HAMERNICK  [1] 
    Birth 12 Jul 1920  Morrison Co., MN Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 26 Nov 1943  GERMANY Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    • Following training as a navigator, Leonard was assigned to a crew on a B-17 Flying Fortress with the 8th Air Force, 96th Bomber Group, based at Snetterton Heath, England. He participated in nine missions over Germany and was killed Nov. 26, 1943 on return from a bombing mission on Bremen, Germany. He achieved the rank of first lieutenant and was awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart posthumously.
    Burial Cambridge American Cemetery, Coton, Cambridge, ENGLAND Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    • Leonard J. Hamernick is listed on the Tablets of The Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery as Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. He is also memorialized at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

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    Person ID I16332  MM
    Last Modified 17 Jun 2023 

    Father Joseph Paul HAMERNICK,   b. 25 Sep 1881, Winona, Winona, MN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1940, Flensburg, Morrison, MN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Mother Antonia Cecylia PROZINSKI,   b. 14 Sep 1885, Briesen, GERMANY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 1968, Morrison Co., MN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Family ID F2217  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Irene Louise TIMM,   b. 13 Feb 1919, Little Falls, Morrison, MN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 1 Sep 1941  Morrison Co., MN Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 8] 
    Children 
     1. Living
    Family ID F3788  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 Jul 1920 - Morrison Co., MN Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1 Sep 1941 - Morrison Co., MN Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 Nov 1943 - GERMANY Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Cambridge American Cemetery, Coton, Cambridge, ENGLAND Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1920] 1920 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1920), 1920.

    2. [S1930] 1930 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1930), 1930.

    3. [S104] MHS Minnesota Birth Cert. Index, 104.

    4. [S450] Leonard Hamernick Obituary, 450.

    5. [S713] Gold Star Wives of America, Gold Star Wives of America, (Turner Publishing Company, Paducah, KY, 1993), 713.

    6. [S712] American Battle Monuments Commission, War Casualty Listings, (ancestry.com, Provo, UT), 712.

    7. [S500] Find A Grave, 500.

    8. [S106] MACO, Minnesota Official Marriage System MOMS, 106.