Leonard Eisner

ASN:35500194

Leonard Eisner registered for the draft on October 16, 1940. Born May 28, 1913, he was from Clere, Ohio and was employed by Cummers Product Company located in Maple Heights, Ohio. He enlisted in the US Army on March 26, 1942, at Camp Perry, Lacarne, Ohio.

This twenty-seven-year-old was 5’-8”, 140 pounds with a light complexion, blue eyes, and brown hair and had no physical characteristics listed.  

He became a member of C-Battery, 319th Field Artillery, stationed at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. Later transferred to A-Battery of the 319th Glider field Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina,

PVT Eisner traveled with the battalion to North Africa arriving in Casablanca May 10, 1943.

Company Morning Reports

Company Morning Reports were produced every morning by the individual Army units to record personnel matters. The following events for CPL Eisner were reported:

• August 4, 1942, appointed to Corporal

• September 5, 1942, transferred from C Btry to A Btry 319th Glider FA Bn in or per par 5 Memo # 5 Hq 319th Glider FA Bn dta 5 Sept 42. 

• October 21, 1943, CPL Leonard (NMI) Eisner, 35500194, from absent sick hospital to dropped from rolls. Station: Naples, Italy.

• October 24, 1943, remarks of Sept 23/43 corrected to read, “From duty to Absent Sick Hospital to Line of Duty, Sept 13/43.” Station: Naples, Italy.

• January 25, 1944, from absent sick hospital and transferred to 376th Parachute Infantry Field Artillery. Station: Camp Ballyscullion, Northern Ireland.

• January 28, 1944, from attached to 76th Parachute Field Artillery to transferred to 376th Parachute Field Battalion. Station: Camp Ballyscullion, Northern Ireland.

• May 3, 1944, assigned and joined A-Battery from 376th Prcht FA Battalion, 1730. Station:  Papillon Hall, 4 mi West Market Harborough Leicestershire, England.

• June 29, 1944, from duty to furlough and furlough to duty, CPL Leonard Eisner. Station:  Papillon Hall.

• July 25, 1944, from duty to furlough 5 days London, England at 0600. Station:  Papillon Hall, 4 mi West Market Harborough Leicestershire, England.

• July 30, 1944, from furlough 5 days in London, England to duty 2300. Station:  Papillon Hall, 4 mi West Market Harborough Leicestershire, England.

• October 12, 1944, from Absent Sick (non-battle casualty) to AWOL, 1300 8 October 1944 duty 531.

• October 12, 1944, reduced to Private from Corporal, 1 October 1944. Station: On combat mission, 2.5 miles west of Groesbeek, Holland.

• March 30, 1945, from duty to transferred to the 325th Glider Infantry, APO 469 per par 1 SO 70, HQ 82nd Airborne Division, effective 29 Mar ‘45. Station:  Camp Suippes, VT6863, Nor D’Guerre.

• April 22, 1945, from duty to slightly wounded in action 20 April 1945 to Absent Sick. Germany (Battle). Relieved from assignment this organization and attached unassigned to Detached Patients, 123 Evacuation Hospital, per Circ 33 Hq ETOUSA cs. Station:  Camp Sissonne, VO 2414 Nor D’Guerre, France. (see archive record below)

• April 26, 1945, assigned and joined 325th Glider Infantry from the 123 Evacuation Hospital 25 April 45 per VOCO (Battle) Glider Flight Pay. Station:  Camp Sissonne, VO 2414 Nor D’Guerre, France.

He fought in the major campaigns of Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Normandy, Holland, Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe. 

Military qualifications; Glider Wings, Combat Infantry Badge and Marksman Rifle.

His service was awarded with the Good Conduct Medal, Distinguished Merit Badge, Combat Infantry Badge, Purple Heart, Belgian Fourragere, European/African Middle Eastern Service Medal with six bronze service stars, and one bronze service arrowhead.

The Adjusted Service Rating Score (ASR) was a system the U.S. Army used at the end of the war to determine when soldiers were eligible for discharge. PVT Eisner was one of many “High Point” soldiers with a score over 85 points and discharged from the military on September 23, 1945.

STL Archive Records

Leonard Eisner, 77, died October 26, 1990. God Bless this hero.