Remains were identified on February 3, 2023 and have been sent home for burial.
See The Pleasanton Weekly, July 21, 2023: https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/print/story/2023/07/21/world-war-ii-soldier-identified-80-years-after-his-death. Great article.
Also, see 2 memorials that have been created for him. One is a Cenotaph and the other is Tablets of the missing of the US Army and the US Air Force.
FAG # 2037786 (Cenotaph)
FAG # 56791101 (Tablets of the Missing)
There is a lot of good information about this great young man, LeRoy McReynolds Slenker. Please read.
He gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country! God Bless!!
__________________________________________________________
The Patriot Guard Riders
Bay Area, California
Repatriation Mission
WWII U.S. Army, Battle of Bataan, POW
Pvt. LeRoy M. Slenker
Wednesday July 12, 2023
Pleasanton, CA to Dixon, CA
PGR and other military support organizations have been invited to partake in the dignified homecoming and transfer of U.S. Army Pvt. LeRoy M. Slenker. We are honored to be a part of this solemn occasion.
U.S. Army Pvt. LeRoy M. Slenker, 28, of El Segundo, California, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, has been accounted for on February 3, 2023.
In late 1941, Slenker served as a member of the 75th Ordnance Depot Company when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December. Intense fighting persisted until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and Corregidor Island on May 6, 1942.
Thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members were captured and interned at POW camps. Slenker was among those reported captured when U.S. forces in Bataan surrendered to the Japanese. They endured the grueling 65-mile Bataan Death March and were subsequently held at the Cabanatuan POW camp. More than 2,500 POWs perished in this camp during the war.
According to prison camp records and other historical accounts, Slenker passed away on November 15, 1942.
Mission outline:
Staging time: 9:40 am
Staging location: Graham-Hitch Mortuary Inc, 4167 First St, Pleasanton, CA 94566
KSU time: 10:10 am
KSU location: Destination: Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, 5810 Midway Rd, Dixon, CA 95620
Target arrival time: 12:00 noon
Service starts at: 12:30 pm
RC: Eric "Mouse" Gargan
_______________________________________________
Parents:
Roy Slenker and Louisa (Reynolds) Slenker
Siblings:
William Cessford, Marjory Louise, Ruth Emma, Cora Belle, Mary Elizabeth, Marian. He was the third born child.
See The Pleasanton Weekly, July 21, 2023: https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/print/story/2023/07/21/world-war-ii-soldier-identified-80-years-after-his-death. Great article.
Also, see 2 memorials that have been created for him. One is a Cenotaph and the other is Tablets of the missing of the US Army and the US Air Force.
FAG # 2037786 (Cenotaph)
FAG # 56791101 (Tablets of the Missing)
There is a lot of good information about this great young man, LeRoy McReynolds Slenker. Please read.
He gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country! God Bless!!
__________________________________________________________
The Patriot Guard Riders
Bay Area, California
Repatriation Mission
WWII U.S. Army, Battle of Bataan, POW
Pvt. LeRoy M. Slenker
Wednesday July 12, 2023
Pleasanton, CA to Dixon, CA
PGR and other military support organizations have been invited to partake in the dignified homecoming and transfer of U.S. Army Pvt. LeRoy M. Slenker. We are honored to be a part of this solemn occasion.
U.S. Army Pvt. LeRoy M. Slenker, 28, of El Segundo, California, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, has been accounted for on February 3, 2023.
In late 1941, Slenker served as a member of the 75th Ordnance Depot Company when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December. Intense fighting persisted until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and Corregidor Island on May 6, 1942.
Thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members were captured and interned at POW camps. Slenker was among those reported captured when U.S. forces in Bataan surrendered to the Japanese. They endured the grueling 65-mile Bataan Death March and were subsequently held at the Cabanatuan POW camp. More than 2,500 POWs perished in this camp during the war.
According to prison camp records and other historical accounts, Slenker passed away on November 15, 1942.
Mission outline:
Staging time: 9:40 am
Staging location: Graham-Hitch Mortuary Inc, 4167 First St, Pleasanton, CA 94566
KSU time: 10:10 am
KSU location: Destination: Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, 5810 Midway Rd, Dixon, CA 95620
Target arrival time: 12:00 noon
Service starts at: 12:30 pm
RC: Eric "Mouse" Gargan
_______________________________________________
Parents:
Roy Slenker and Louisa (Reynolds) Slenker
Siblings:
William Cessford, Marjory Louise, Ruth Emma, Cora Belle, Mary Elizabeth, Marian. He was the third born child.
Remains were identified on February 3, 2023 and have been sent home for burial.
See The Pleasanton Weekly, July 21, 2023: https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/print/story/2023/07/21/world-war-ii-soldier-identified-80-years-after-his-death. Great article.
Also, see 2 memorials that have been created for him. One is a Cenotaph and the other is Tablets of the missing of the US Army and the US Air Force.
FAG # 2037786 (Cenotaph)
FAG # 56791101 (Tablets of the Missing)
There is a lot of good information about this great young man, LeRoy McReynolds Slenker. Please read.
He gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country! God Bless!!
__________________________________________________________
The Patriot Guard Riders
Bay Area, California
Repatriation Mission
WWII U.S. Army, Battle of Bataan, POW
Pvt. LeRoy M. Slenker
Wednesday July 12, 2023
Pleasanton, CA to Dixon, CA
PGR and other military support organizations have been invited to partake in the dignified homecoming and transfer of U.S. Army Pvt. LeRoy M. Slenker. We are honored to be a part of this solemn occasion.
U.S. Army Pvt. LeRoy M. Slenker, 28, of El Segundo, California, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, has been accounted for on February 3, 2023.
In late 1941, Slenker served as a member of the 75th Ordnance Depot Company when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December. Intense fighting persisted until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and Corregidor Island on May 6, 1942.
Thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members were captured and interned at POW camps. Slenker was among those reported captured when U.S. forces in Bataan surrendered to the Japanese. They endured the grueling 65-mile Bataan Death March and were subsequently held at the Cabanatuan POW camp. More than 2,500 POWs perished in this camp during the war.
According to prison camp records and other historical accounts, Slenker passed away on November 15, 1942.
Mission outline:
Staging time: 9:40 am
Staging location: Graham-Hitch Mortuary Inc, 4167 First St, Pleasanton, CA 94566
KSU time: 10:10 am
KSU location: Destination: Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, 5810 Midway Rd, Dixon, CA 95620
Target arrival time: 12:00 noon
Service starts at: 12:30 pm
RC: Eric "Mouse" Gargan
_______________________________________________
Parents:
Roy Slenker and Louisa (Reynolds) Slenker
Siblings:
William Cessford, Marjory Louise, Ruth Emma, Cora Belle, Mary Elizabeth, Marian. He was the third born child.
See The Pleasanton Weekly, July 21, 2023: https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/print/story/2023/07/21/world-war-ii-soldier-identified-80-years-after-his-death. Great article.
Also, see 2 memorials that have been created for him. One is a Cenotaph and the other is Tablets of the missing of the US Army and the US Air Force.
FAG # 2037786 (Cenotaph)
FAG # 56791101 (Tablets of the Missing)
There is a lot of good information about this great young man, LeRoy McReynolds Slenker. Please read.
He gave the ultimate sacrifice for our country! God Bless!!
__________________________________________________________
The Patriot Guard Riders
Bay Area, California
Repatriation Mission
WWII U.S. Army, Battle of Bataan, POW
Pvt. LeRoy M. Slenker
Wednesday July 12, 2023
Pleasanton, CA to Dixon, CA
PGR and other military support organizations have been invited to partake in the dignified homecoming and transfer of U.S. Army Pvt. LeRoy M. Slenker. We are honored to be a part of this solemn occasion.
U.S. Army Pvt. LeRoy M. Slenker, 28, of El Segundo, California, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, has been accounted for on February 3, 2023.
In late 1941, Slenker served as a member of the 75th Ordnance Depot Company when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December. Intense fighting persisted until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and Corregidor Island on May 6, 1942.
Thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members were captured and interned at POW camps. Slenker was among those reported captured when U.S. forces in Bataan surrendered to the Japanese. They endured the grueling 65-mile Bataan Death March and were subsequently held at the Cabanatuan POW camp. More than 2,500 POWs perished in this camp during the war.
According to prison camp records and other historical accounts, Slenker passed away on November 15, 1942.
Mission outline:
Staging time: 9:40 am
Staging location: Graham-Hitch Mortuary Inc, 4167 First St, Pleasanton, CA 94566
KSU time: 10:10 am
KSU location: Destination: Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, 5810 Midway Rd, Dixon, CA 95620
Target arrival time: 12:00 noon
Service starts at: 12:30 pm
RC: Eric "Mouse" Gargan
_______________________________________________
Parents:
Roy Slenker and Louisa (Reynolds) Slenker
Siblings:
William Cessford, Marjory Louise, Ruth Emma, Cora Belle, Mary Elizabeth, Marian. He was the third born child.
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US ARMY
WORLD WAR II
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Interment 7/12/2023
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