World War II Honoree

Leo Andrew Vollenweider

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

New Orleans, Louisiana

Honored By

Theresa V. Sims

Relationship

Daughter

SERVED, AND USS DU PAGE. RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING MEDALS: ASIATIC-PACIFIC WITH ONE STAR, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION WITH TWO STARS, AMERICAN AREA, AMERICAN DEFENSE, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, EUROPEAN THEATER WITH ONE STAR, GOOD CONDUCT, AND PURPLE HEART. HIS SHIP USS DU PAGE WAS HIT BY A JAPANESE KAMIKAZE PLANE DURING THE INVASION OF LINGAYEN GULF IN JANUARY 1945. RECEIVED PURPLE HEART FOR INJURIES TO HIS NECK AND SHOULDERS.