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MM3 Leland “Mickey” Conover
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MM3 Leland “Mickey” Conover

Birth
City and County of Denver, Colorado, USA
Death
25 Nov 1945 (aged 24)
At Sea
Monument
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
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Leland Conover served on the USS Asheville, a gun boat, during World War II. On March 3 of 1942, the ship was engaged by two enemy destroyers and was sunk approximately 300 miles south of Java. All personnel were considered Missing In Action. It was later learned one survivor, FM/2c Fred Brown, was pulled from the water. Brown died, March 1945, in a POW camp in the Celebes, N.E.I., but not before telling the story of what had happened to the Asheville. After the war, a fellow POW reported Brown's tale to the US Navy. November 25, 1945, Leland and his shipmates were officially considered Killed In Action (Buried at Sea).

Service # 3720946
Service Branch: NAVY
Entered the Service from: Colorado
Rank: Machinist's Mate, Third Class
Home Town: Walden
Home of Record City/County: Jackson
Home of Record State: Colorado
Parents: MR AND MRS RALPH JAMES CONOVER FLINIAN RANCH, WALDEN
Conflict: WWII
Died: 25-Nov-45
Buried at Sea
Awards: Purple Heart
Leland Conover served on the USS Asheville, a gun boat, during World War II. On March 3 of 1942, the ship was engaged by two enemy destroyers and was sunk approximately 300 miles south of Java. All personnel were considered Missing In Action. It was later learned one survivor, FM/2c Fred Brown, was pulled from the water. Brown died, March 1945, in a POW camp in the Celebes, N.E.I., but not before telling the story of what had happened to the Asheville. After the war, a fellow POW reported Brown's tale to the US Navy. November 25, 1945, Leland and his shipmates were officially considered Killed In Action (Buried at Sea).

Service # 3720946
Service Branch: NAVY
Entered the Service from: Colorado
Rank: Machinist's Mate, Third Class
Home Town: Walden
Home of Record City/County: Jackson
Home of Record State: Colorado
Parents: MR AND MRS RALPH JAMES CONOVER FLINIAN RANCH, WALDEN
Conflict: WWII
Died: 25-Nov-45
Buried at Sea
Awards: Purple Heart

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Entered the service from Colorado.




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  • Maintained by: SandiMH
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56775190/leland-conover: accessed ), memorial page for MM3 Leland “Mickey” Conover (4 Feb 1921–25 Nov 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56775190, citing Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines; Maintained by SandiMH (contributor 47783723).