Leonard L. Rosenberg

World War II
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Fallen

County:
Grand Forks

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Staff Sergeant

Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
16th Reconnaissance Squadron

Regiment / Group / Brigade:
68th Reconnaissance Group

Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
12th Air Force
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968

Major Battle/Theatre:
European African Middle Eastern Theater

Circumstances:

He was a gunner on B-17E #41-9016 flying out of Foch Field Tunisia on an electronic recon mission off the coast of southern France. The wreckage of the plane was later located where it crashed into a mountain at the northeast of Spain near the Mediterranean Sea near the Bay of Roses due to weather and probable navigation error.

Biography:

born Grand Forks, ND 11 Aug 23; resident Grand Forks County, ND; entered AUS Grand Forks, ND 1 Apr 41; served European African Middle Eastern Theater; KIA 6 Dec 43 Calaques, Spain; buried in Grave 98 and 99, Row 4, Section R, Ft McPherson National Cemtery, Maxwell, Nebraska.