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Leonard Rozmus Missing in Pacific

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rozmus, 2712 South Ninth street, have been notified by the navy department that their son, Leonard Victor Rozmus, 18, is missing in action northwest Pacific area. He is a seaman, second class, and had been overseas six months. He enlisted in the navy a year ago in March, while he was working at a California navy yard.

Rozmus has five sisters in Omaha. Three brothers are all in the army.

Find A Grave Memorial # 56757553

Birth: 1926

Death: Dec. 27, 1944

Leonard V. Rozmus, Seaman, Second Class, U.S. Navy

Service # 8864250 United States Navy

Entered the Service from: California

Died: 27-Dec-44

Missing in Action or Buried at Sea; Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines

Awards: Purple Heart

Burial: Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital region, Philippines

From Ancestry.com: World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945 for Leonard Victor Rozmus

Record Index

Name: Leonard Victor Rozmus

Relative Name: Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rozmus

Relative Relationship: Parents

State: Nebraska

Country: United States

Type of Casualty:Killed in Action

Roll: ww2c_27

Note: Handwritten on the card at the Blair Public Library: Lived with Joseph B. Sully Family prior to joining the Navy in Washington County. Info from Mary K (Sully) Miller.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~