Pickens, Leonard, ARM3c

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rate
Aviation Radioman 3rd Class

Last Primary NEC
ARM-0000-Aviation Radioman

Last Rating/NEC Group
Aviation Radioman

Primary Unit
1944-1944, ARM-0000, USS Franklin (CV-13)

Service Years
1941 - 1944

Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates

Panama Canal

Tailhook

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Ohio

Year of Birth
1923

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Casualty Info

Home Town Norwich, Muskingum County	Last Address With VB-13 on the USS Franklin.

Casualty Date Oct 25, 1944
Cause MIA-Finding of Death	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Pacific	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Buried at Sea - N/A, Pacific Ocean	Wall/Plot Coordinates Lost at Sea

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1944, The National Gold Star Family Registry

1943-1944, ARM-0000, Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, VA

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From Month/Year - / 1943	To Month/Year - / 1944
Unit Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, VA Unit Page
Rank Petty Officer Third Class	NEC ARM-0000-Aviation Radioman
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, VA Details
	On April 1, 1952, Oceana was designated a naval air station.
	Type Communications
	Parent Unit Naval Air Stations	Strength Base
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Feb 7, 2017

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12 Members Also There at Same Time

Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana, VA

Brooks, Walter J., PO1, (1938-1944)	ARM	ARM-0000	Petty Officer First Class
Loenthal, Albert David, PO3, (1942-1944)	ARM	ARM-0000	Petty Officer Third Class
Ploger, Francis James, PO3, (1942-1944)	ARM	ARM-0000	Petty Officer Third Class
Steele, Harry Joseph, PO3, (1942-1944)	ARM	ARM-0000	Petty Officer Third Class
Bonar, Milton John, LT, (1941-1944)	OFF	131X	Lieutenant
Broach, Leo Densel, LT, (1943-1951)	OFF	131X	Lieutenant Junior Grade
McPhie, Donald Alma, LTJG, (1942-1944)	OFF	131X	Lieutenant Junior Grade
Norek, Thomas George, LTJG, (1943-1944)	OFF	131X	Lieutenant Junior Grade
Hillock, Donald, LTJG, (1943-1946)	OFF	131X	Ensign
Shane, Harold Joseph, PO1, (1935-1944)	AO	AO-0000	Petty Officer First Class

Dam Neck Annex

Edge, Walter, PO3	SH	SH-3122	Petty Officer Third Class
Vigeant, Paul, PO2, (1943-1946)	GM	GM-0000	Petty Officer Third Class