Parents: Janie (Mayo) and John William HUBBARD
Siblings: Clara, William Hamp, Minnie, Phoebe, Lena Mae, Lillie and Willie
Leonard was the youngest in a family of eight children, which included a set of twins. His father died when he was four years old.
USNR
Service No: 6447589
Award: Purple Heart
Entered the service from Louisiana
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Signalman 1st Class LEONARD WALTER HUBBARD, a US Naval Armed Guard, was assigned to the American steam merchant SS Sumner I. Kimball, a newly-built Liberty ship. On Jan 8, 1944, Mr. Helms was on board as the ship left Loch Ewe, Scotland with convoy ON-219, bound for New York. On the morning of Jan 16, the steamer straggled from convoy in mid-ocean, probably due to bad weather and heavy seas. That evening, German submarine U-960 spotted the ship about 900 miles east of Belle Isle Strait and began chasing it. After being hit by one torpedo and missed by two others, the ship tried unsuccessfully to ram the U-boat. Two more torpedoes were fired, both hit amidships, but the steamer stayed afloat. An hour later the Sumner I. Kimball broke in two but still did not sink. Although U-960 searched for survivors none were found. Next day, the U-boat found the forward section and sank it. The stern was found by HMS Forester H-74 and it, too, was finally sunk. A distress signal had been received but neither U-960 nor the Forester reported seeing any survivors, lifeboats or rafts.
There were 40 Merchant Mariners and 29 US Naval Armed Guards on board; none survived.
Memorial Marker: Gardens of Memory Cemetery, Minden, Webster Parish, LA, USA
Leonard W. Hubbard's name is included in the Tablets of the Missing on the Memorial Wall at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial. This Memorial lists Jan 28, 1945 as the date of Seaman Hubbard's death; it is not the actual death date but is, instead, the date that he was officially declared dead.
Narrative by Patricia O'Neal.
Sources: usmm.org; uboat.net; The Official Chronology of The U.S. Navy in WWII, Chapter VI: 1944; maritimequest.com; US Rosters of WWII Dead; WWII Navy, Marine and Coast Guard Casualties (1941-1945); US Navy Casualties Books (1776-1941) pg 8, Louisiana DEAD; WWI, WWII and Korean War Casualty Lists; WWII Honor Roll; 1920, 1930 and 1940 US Census for LA.
Siblings: Clara, William Hamp, Minnie, Phoebe, Lena Mae, Lillie and Willie
Leonard was the youngest in a family of eight children, which included a set of twins. His father died when he was four years old.
USNR
Service No: 6447589
Award: Purple Heart
Entered the service from Louisiana
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
Signalman 1st Class LEONARD WALTER HUBBARD, a US Naval Armed Guard, was assigned to the American steam merchant SS Sumner I. Kimball, a newly-built Liberty ship. On Jan 8, 1944, Mr. Helms was on board as the ship left Loch Ewe, Scotland with convoy ON-219, bound for New York. On the morning of Jan 16, the steamer straggled from convoy in mid-ocean, probably due to bad weather and heavy seas. That evening, German submarine U-960 spotted the ship about 900 miles east of Belle Isle Strait and began chasing it. After being hit by one torpedo and missed by two others, the ship tried unsuccessfully to ram the U-boat. Two more torpedoes were fired, both hit amidships, but the steamer stayed afloat. An hour later the Sumner I. Kimball broke in two but still did not sink. Although U-960 searched for survivors none were found. Next day, the U-boat found the forward section and sank it. The stern was found by HMS Forester H-74 and it, too, was finally sunk. A distress signal had been received but neither U-960 nor the Forester reported seeing any survivors, lifeboats or rafts.
There were 40 Merchant Mariners and 29 US Naval Armed Guards on board; none survived.
Memorial Marker: Gardens of Memory Cemetery, Minden, Webster Parish, LA, USA
Leonard W. Hubbard's name is included in the Tablets of the Missing on the Memorial Wall at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial. This Memorial lists Jan 28, 1945 as the date of Seaman Hubbard's death; it is not the actual death date but is, instead, the date that he was officially declared dead.
Narrative by Patricia O'Neal.
Sources: usmm.org; uboat.net; The Official Chronology of The U.S. Navy in WWII, Chapter VI: 1944; maritimequest.com; US Rosters of WWII Dead; WWII Navy, Marine and Coast Guard Casualties (1941-1945); US Navy Casualties Books (1776-1941) pg 8, Louisiana DEAD; WWI, WWII and Korean War Casualty Lists; WWII Honor Roll; 1920, 1930 and 1940 US Census for LA.
Parents: Janie (Mayo) and John William HUBBARD
Siblings: Clara, William Hamp, Minnie, Phoebe, Lena Mae, Lillie and Willie
Leonard was the youngest in a family of eight children, which included a set of twins. His father died when he was four years old.
USNR
Service No: 6447589
Award: Purple Heart
Entered the service from Louisiana
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
Signalman 1st Class LEONARD WALTER HUBBARD, a US Naval Armed Guard, was assigned to the American steam merchant SS Sumner I. Kimball, a newly-built Liberty ship. On Jan 8, 1944, Mr. Helms was on board as the ship left Loch Ewe, Scotland with convoy ON-219, bound for New York. On the morning of Jan 16, the steamer straggled from convoy in mid-ocean, probably due to bad weather and heavy seas. That evening, German submarine U-960 spotted the ship about 900 miles east of Belle Isle Strait and began chasing it. After being hit by one torpedo and missed by two others, the ship tried unsuccessfully to ram the U-boat. Two more torpedoes were fired, both hit amidships, but the steamer stayed afloat. An hour later the Sumner I. Kimball broke in two but still did not sink. Although U-960 searched for survivors none were found. Next day, the U-boat found the forward section and sank it. The stern was found by HMS Forester H-74 and it, too, was finally sunk. A distress signal had been received but neither U-960 nor the Forester reported seeing any survivors, lifeboats or rafts.
There were 40 Merchant Mariners and 29 US Naval Armed Guards on board; none survived.
Memorial Marker: Gardens of Memory Cemetery, Minden, Webster Parish, LA, USA
Leonard W. Hubbard's name is included in the Tablets of the Missing on the Memorial Wall at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial. This Memorial lists Jan 28, 1945 as the date of Seaman Hubbard's death; it is not the actual death date but is, instead, the date that he was officially declared dead.
Narrative by Patricia O'Neal.
Sources: usmm.org; uboat.net; The Official Chronology of The U.S. Navy in WWII, Chapter VI: 1944; maritimequest.com; US Rosters of WWII Dead; WWII Navy, Marine and Coast Guard Casualties (1941-1945); US Navy Casualties Books (1776-1941) pg 8, Louisiana DEAD; WWI, WWII and Korean War Casualty Lists; WWII Honor Roll; 1920, 1930 and 1940 US Census for LA.
Siblings: Clara, William Hamp, Minnie, Phoebe, Lena Mae, Lillie and Willie
Leonard was the youngest in a family of eight children, which included a set of twins. His father died when he was four years old.
USNR
Service No: 6447589
Award: Purple Heart
Entered the service from Louisiana
-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-
Signalman 1st Class LEONARD WALTER HUBBARD, a US Naval Armed Guard, was assigned to the American steam merchant SS Sumner I. Kimball, a newly-built Liberty ship. On Jan 8, 1944, Mr. Helms was on board as the ship left Loch Ewe, Scotland with convoy ON-219, bound for New York. On the morning of Jan 16, the steamer straggled from convoy in mid-ocean, probably due to bad weather and heavy seas. That evening, German submarine U-960 spotted the ship about 900 miles east of Belle Isle Strait and began chasing it. After being hit by one torpedo and missed by two others, the ship tried unsuccessfully to ram the U-boat. Two more torpedoes were fired, both hit amidships, but the steamer stayed afloat. An hour later the Sumner I. Kimball broke in two but still did not sink. Although U-960 searched for survivors none were found. Next day, the U-boat found the forward section and sank it. The stern was found by HMS Forester H-74 and it, too, was finally sunk. A distress signal had been received but neither U-960 nor the Forester reported seeing any survivors, lifeboats or rafts.
There were 40 Merchant Mariners and 29 US Naval Armed Guards on board; none survived.
Memorial Marker: Gardens of Memory Cemetery, Minden, Webster Parish, LA, USA
Leonard W. Hubbard's name is included in the Tablets of the Missing on the Memorial Wall at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial. This Memorial lists Jan 28, 1945 as the date of Seaman Hubbard's death; it is not the actual death date but is, instead, the date that he was officially declared dead.
Narrative by Patricia O'Neal.
Sources: usmm.org; uboat.net; The Official Chronology of The U.S. Navy in WWII, Chapter VI: 1944; maritimequest.com; US Rosters of WWII Dead; WWII Navy, Marine and Coast Guard Casualties (1941-1945); US Navy Casualties Books (1776-1941) pg 8, Louisiana DEAD; WWI, WWII and Korean War Casualty Lists; WWII Honor Roll; 1920, 1930 and 1940 US Census for LA.
Gravesite Details
BODY LOST AT SEA. Seaman Hubbard was on Sumner I. Kimball when the ship was torpedoed and sunk by U-960
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