World War II Honoree

Leonard Forrest Cornett

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Montgomery, Alabama

Honored By

Christine W. Cornett

Relationship

Wife

SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER. WAS DRAFTED IN NOVEMBER 1942 AND RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE DECEMBER 1945 WITH THE RANK OF SERGEANT. RECEIVED BASIC TRAINING IN CAMP BLANDING, FLORIDA. FROM THERE HE WENT TO CAMP ATTERBURY, INDIANA. LEFT CAMP MILES STANDISH OF BOSTON FOR ENGLAND ON FEBRUARY 11, 1944. ARRIVED IN LIVERPOOL ON FEBRUARY 22, 1944 WHERE HE RECEIVED MORE WAR TRAINING. HE LEFT ENGLAND AND LANDED ON OMAHA BEACH, FRANCE D-DAY PLUS 4. HE WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE PURPLE HEART DUE TO INJURIES SUSTAINED DURING HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE ON AUGUST 4, 1944. HE WAS ALSO AWARDED THE COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN RIBBON AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. WAS PART OF COMPANY F, 109TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 30TH INFANTRY DIVISION.