SERGEANT
JOSEPH LEONARD*, USMC (DECEASED) 

 

Original General Order

Medal of Honor Citation

Born: 28 August 1876 in Cohoes, New York

Enlisted: 7 June 1897 in Brooklyn, New York

Medal of Honor awarded: 19 July 1901

Rank at time of award: Private

Separation from Service: Honorably discharged on 6 June 1902, Re-enlisted for World War I and served from 19 April 1918 to 3 July 1919.

Date of Death: 23 September 1946

Burial: Veterans Memorial Grove Cemetery in Yountville, California

*Originally enlisted under the name Joseph Melvin and was awarded the Medal of Honor under that name.

Philippine Insurection 1899-1902 Medal of Honor