Leon J. Pettinari

Era: World War II

Military Branch: Army

Leno  J. Pettinari was inducted into the Army on June 13, 1942, at Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Home at entry: Buhl, Minnesota.

He served as a Corporal and rifleman with Company I of the 47th Infantry Regiment of the Ninth Infantry Division in Algeria-Fr.Morocco and Tunisia, North Africa; Sicily and Normandy. He was twice wounded in action, in Tunisia on March 31, 1943, and in France on June 20, 1944.

Mr. Pettinari was awarded the following: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart with Oak Lead Cluster, Good Conduct Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with four bronze battle stars, World War II Victory Medal.

He received a disability discharge on June 29, 1947, at the Percy Jones Army General Hospital Center in Fort Custer, Michigan.

Source: Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project. 251.

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