World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Leonard Wexler, Judge
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Long Island, New York
Honored By
Daniel and Haley Wexler
Relationship
Grandchildren
PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY AS A PRIVATE AND MACHINE GUNNER IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. ON 12 DEC 1944, IN THE SKIRMISHING THAT PRECEDED THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE, HE WAS STRUCK IN THE LEFT LEG BY SHRAPNEL WHILE FIGHTING NEAR AACHEN, GERMANY. HE WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART.