Bernard Leigh

ASN:35288972

Bernard Earl Leigh registered for the draft on October 16, 1940. Born April 27, 1912 in East Liverpool, Ohio, he was employed as a flue cleaner at the time of his registration. 

This twenty-eight-year-old enlisted in the US Army March 19, 1942. He was 5’-10,” 144 pounds with a ruddy complexion, blue eyes, and brown hair. No identifying marks were listed as obvious physical characteristics to aid in identification.   

Following his training at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, he was assigned as a truck driver with A-Battery, 319th Glider Field Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

He sailed with the battalion from Staten Island, New York, aboard the SS Santa Rosa to North Africa arriving in Casablanca May 10, 1943.

Bernard Leigh fought in the major campaigns of Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Normandy, Holland, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe.

His service was awarded with the Good Conduct Medal, European African Middle Eastern Service Medal with six bronze service stars, Bronze Arrowhead, Glider Badge, WWII Victory Medal and the Belgian Fourragere.

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Bernard Leigh, 50, died August 10, 1962. God bless this hero.