Leonard John HAMERNICK

1920 - 1943  (23 years)

• Birth	12 Jul 1920	Morrison Co., MN   [1, 2]
  Death	26 Nov 1943	GERMANY   [3, 4]
  	Following training as a navigator, Leonard was assigned to a crew on a B-17 Flying Fortress with the 8th Air Force, 96th Bomber Group, based at Snetterton Heath, England. He participated in nine missions over Germany and was killed Nov. 26, 1943 on return from a bombing mission on Bremen, Germany. He achieved the rank of first lieutenant and was awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart posthumously.
  Burial	Cambridge American Cemetery, Coton, Cambridge, ENGLAND   [5, 6]
  	Leonard J. Hamernick is listed on the Tablets of The Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery as Missing in Action or Buried at Sea. He is also memorialized at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Find A Grave e-Memorial Find A Grave e-Memorial

  
  

  Father	Joseph Paul HAMERNICK,   b. 25 Sep 1881, Winona, Winona, MN d. 5 Mar 1940, Flensburg, Morrison, MN (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Antonia Cecylia PROZINSKI,   b. 14 Sep 1885, Briesen, GERMANY d. 7 Dec 1968, Morrison Co., MN (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F2217	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Irene Louise TIMM,   b. 13 Feb 1919, Little Falls, Morrison, MN
  Marriage	1 Sep 1941	Morrison Co., MN   [3, 4, 7]
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F3788	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Jul 1920 - Morrison Co., MN Marriage - 1 Sep 1941 - Morrison Co., MN Death - 26 Nov 1943 - GERMANY Burial - - Cambridge American Cemetery, Coton, Cambridge, ENGLAND  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1930] 1930 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1930), 1930. [S104] MHS Minnesota Birth Cert. Index, 104. [S450] Leonard Hamernick Obituary, 450. [S713] Gold Star Wives of America, Gold Star Wives of America, (Turner Publishing Company, Paducah, KY, 1993), 713. [S712] American Battle Monuments Commission, War Casualty Listings, (ancestry.com, Provo, UT), 712. [S500] Find A Grave, 500. [S106] MACO, Minnesota Official Marriage System MOMS, 106.