Otto, Leon, LCDR

Deceased

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Lieutenant Commander

Last Primary NEC
616X-Limited Duty Officer - Ordnance - Surface

Last Rating/NEC Group
Limited Duty Officer

Primary Unit
1952-1953, USS Philippine Sea (CVS-47)

Service Years
1925 - 1953

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Nebraska

Year of Birth
1906

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Contact Info

Home Town Tobias, NE	Last Address Tobias, NE
Date of Passing Jun 27, 1962
Location of Interment Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery (VA) - San Diego, California	Wall/Plot Coordinates Z 126

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Ribbon Bar

Unit Assignments

Director COMSEC Material System (DCMS - NCMS), CNO - OPNAV


	1926-1927, FC-0000, USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
	1927-1927, FC-0000, USS Relief (AH-1)
	1927-1929, FC-0000, USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)
	1929-1932, FC-0000, USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
	1932-1936, FC-0000, USS Maryland (BB-46)
	1936-1937, FC-0000, USS Twiggs (DD-127)
	1938-1938, WO, USS Melville (AD-2)
	1938-1939, WO, USS Concord (CL-10)
	1939-1942, CWO, NAD, Cavite Philippines
	1942-1945, CWO, POW/MIA
	1945-1946, 616X, Command Material System A&A Team, Pearl Harbor, HI
	1947-1949, 00X, USS Pasadena (CL-65)
	1949-1952, Naval Ammunition Depot McAlester, OK
	1952-1953, USS Philippine Sea (CVS-47)

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1941-1941 Philippine Islands Campaign (1941-42)/Japanese air attacks on US vessels in Cavite
	1942-1942 Philippine Islands Campaign (1941-42)/Battle of Corrigedor
	1952-1952 Korean War/Korea, Summer-Fall 1952/Raids on the Sui-ho Dam

Other News, Events and Photographs


	Jun 01, 2018, Other Photos

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Gunner Leon J. Otto, was captured by Japanese armed forces on 6, May 1942 after the surrender of Corregidor. He survived the death march and after interment in several Japanese POW camps he was repatriated to U.S. Military Control from Tokyo POW Camp (Shinjuku) Tokyo Bay Area 35-140 on 29, August 1945. "God Bless HIs Soul."