World War II Honoree

Leroy A. Warner

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Saint Louis, Missouri

Honored By

David M. Warner

Relationship

Grandson

MASTER SERGEANT. SERVED FROM MAY 1937 TO SEPTEMBER 1945. OPERATED AS A COMMUNICATIONS CHIEF AND TOP TURRET GUNNER ON PATROL AND CARGO MISSIONS IN LUZON, THE WESTERN PACIFIC, NEW GUINEA, SOUTHERN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, PANAMA AND THE U.S. FLEW ON B-24 AND B-17 BOMBERS AND C-46 AND C-47 CARGO PLANES. AWARDED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON WITH STAR, AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL. GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND THE AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL WITH STAR.