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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Leonard Roy Harmon

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Cuero, Texas

Honored By

Ralph Bozorth

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENLISTED JUNE 1939. ASSIGNED TO USS SAN FRANCISCO CA-38 FOLLOWING TRAINING. ABOARD SAME SHIP, ASSISTED IN EVACUATING AND CARING FOR THE WOUNDED DURING NAVAL BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL NOVEMBER 13, 1942. KILLED IN ACTION WHILE PROTECTING A SHIPMATE. POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED NAVY CROSS AND PURPLE HEART. TWO NAVY SHIPS WERE NAMED IN HIS HONOR: HARMON DE-72, TRANSFERRED TO THE BRITISH ROYAL NAVY IN JUNE 1943, PRIOR TO COMPLETION AND RENAMED HMS AYLMER; USS HARMON DE-678, SERVED ACTIVELY FROM 1943 TO 1947 AND REMAINED IN THE RESERVE FLEET UNTIL 1967. HONOREE IS MEMORIALIZED AT MANILA AMERICAN CEMETERY, FORT BONIFACIO, MANILA, PHILIPPINES.