Rank/Rate	Chief Gunner's Mate
Service Number	201 42 32
Birth Date	October 23, 1911
From	Boston, Massachusetts
Decorations	Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal
Submarine	USS S-40 (SS-145)*
Date of Death	December 15, 1944
Location	Moji, Japan
Circumstances	Prisoner of War captured on Corregidor; died of wounds incurred in the bombing of the Hellship Oryoku Maru
Remarks	Leon served on USS S-40 (SS-145) until at least 30 September 1941.

*Records are unclear on his duty station at the time of his capture in the Philippines.

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