Paul P. Leskar
Era: World War II
Military Branch: Army
Paul P. Leskar of Eveleth, Minnesota was inducted into the Army on January 21, 1942.
He was a Private First Class and a telephone and telegraph lineman with the Headquarters Company in the First Battalion, 318th Infantry Regiment in Central Europe and Rhineland.
Mr. Leskar received the: Combat Infantryman Badge, Good Conduct Medal, European-African-Middle East Campaign Medal with two bronze battle stars and four overseas service bars.
He was honorably discharged on October 23, 1945 at Army and Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs National Parl, Ark.
Source: Hometown Heroes: The St. Louis County World War II Project. 173.
