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AMM1 Leland Edward Severance
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AMM1 Leland Edward Severance Veteran

Birth
Vermont, USA
Death
7 Apr 1945
At Sea
Monument
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot
Courts of the Missing
Memorial ID
56121997 View Source

Son of Mr. Charles Leland Severance.

Leland served as a Aviation Machinist's Mate, First Class, U.S.S. Hancock (CV-19), U.S. Navy during World War II.

He resided in Colchester, Chittenden County, Vermont prior to the war.

The Hancock, while off Okinawa, had a Japanese kamikaze that cartwheeled across her flight deck and crashed into a group of planes while its bomb hit the port catapult to cause a tremendous explosion on April 7th. 62 men were killed and 71 wounded.

Leland was declared "Missing In Action" in this explosion during the war.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # 2126260

Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett

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Son of Mr. Charles Leland Severance.

Leland served as a Aviation Machinist's Mate, First Class, U.S.S. Hancock (CV-19), U.S. Navy during World War II.

He resided in Colchester, Chittenden County, Vermont prior to the war.

The Hancock, while off Okinawa, had a Japanese kamikaze that cartwheeled across her flight deck and crashed into a group of planes while its bomb hit the port catapult to cause a tremendous explosion on April 7th. 62 men were killed and 71 wounded.

Leland was declared "Missing In Action" in this explosion during the war.

He was awarded the Purple Heart.

Service # 2126260

Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett

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