_**Leslie T Speer; Speer, Leslie T., 2Lt., Pilot, Enlistment Service # :20523710
Officer's Service # : O-804529
KILLED IN ACTION on 06 February 1945 on Bombing Mission on Crema Rail
Bridge in Northern Italy. Plane Shot Down By Flak, Inverted and Crashed Into
Hill at North End of Lake Garda. 4 to 5 Chutes Seen. The Two Pilots Were Killed
in the Crash and the 5 Surviving Crew Members Were Captured By The ENEMY

and Held as Prisoners Of War. Speer~KIA

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Leslie T Speer
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER 20523710 20523710
Birth Year: 1922
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Kentucky
State of Residence: Kentucky
County or City: Jefferson
Enlistment Date: 17 Jan 1941
Enlistment State: Kentucky
Enlistment City: St Matthews
Branch:Infantry
Branch Code: Infantry
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Component: National Guard (Officers, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
Source: National Guard
Education: 4 years of high school
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Height: 70

Weight: 149

World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
Name: Leslie T Speer
Inducted From: Kentucky
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Combat Organization: 447th Bomber Squadron 321st Bomber
Death Date: 6 Feb 1945
Monument: Florence, Italy
Last Known Status: Buried

U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal; Air Medal

WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings
Name: Leslie T. Speer
Death Date: 6 Feb 1945
Cemetery: Florence American Cemetery
Cemetery Burial Plot: Plot F Row 9 Grave 24
Cemetery City: Florence
Cemetery Country: Italy
WAR: World War II
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Title: Second Lieutenant
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Service: U.S. Army Air Forces
Service ID: O-804529
Division: 447th Bomber Squadron, 321st Bomber Group, Medium

Data Source: World War II Honor Roll

U.S. Rosters of World War II Dead, 1939-1945
Name: Leslie T Speer
Gender:Male
Race: White
religion: Protestant
Cemetery Name: Florence (Permanent Cemetery), Florence, Italy
Grave number: F 9 24
Disposition: According to next of kin
Service Branch: Army
Rank: Second Lieutenant

Service Number: 804529

National WWII Memorial, Washington, D.C.
Registry~NARA~War Department Files
Honoree Hometown Service Source
Leslie T. Speer Jefferson County, KY U.S. Army National Archives
2 LT Leslie T. Speer   ID: 0-804529
Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Hometown: Jefferson County, KY

Status: KIA

National WWII Memorial, Washington, D.C.
Registry~NARA~War Department Files
Honoree Hometown Service Source
Leslie T. Speer KY U.S. Army Air Forces ABMC Cemeteries
Leslie T. Speer ID: O-804529
Entered the Service From: Kentucky
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Service: U.S. Army Air Forces, 447th Bomber Squadron, 321st Bomber Group,
Medium
Died: Tuesday, February 06, 1945
Buried at: Florence American Cemetery
Location: Via Cassia, Italy
Plot: F Row: 9 Grave: 24

Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart

2Lt Leslie T Speer
Birth: unknown
Death: Feb. 6, 1945
Note: Entered the service from Kentucky.
Burial: Florence American Cemetery and Memorial

Florence, Toscana, Italy

Leslie Thomas Speer
Birth: May 2, 1922
Death: Feb. 6, 1945
Died in WWII
Name: Speer
Leslie T Speer
Death: 6 Feb 1945 - Florence, Italy
Military: Kentucky
Burial: Jeffersontown Cemetery
Jeffersontown, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA **_

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Placed by Barbi Ennis Connolly; 321stBG Historian PRINCESSBARBIB25@msn.com additions, corrections? _

321st BG History Team, Barbi, John T Fitzgerald and Patti Johnson