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NAME Leon Boris Avnet |
NICKNAME — |
SERVICE NUMBER O-12744 |
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| UNIT VMSB-233 Pilot |
HOME OF RECORD 1810 North Fitzhugh Avenue Dallas, TX |
NEXT OF KIN Mother, Mrs. Jennie Avnet |
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| DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1919 at Richmond, TX |
ENTERED SERVICE July 31, 1941 (enlisted) August 21, 1942 (commissioned) |
DATE OF LOSS January 9, 1943 |
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| REGION Solomon Islands |
CAMPAIGN / AREA New Georgia |
CASUALTY TYPE Missing In Action Declared Dead February 19, 1943 |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Lieutenant Leon B. Avnet was a pilot serving with VMSB-233 during the Solomon Islands campaign. On 9 January 1943, he took off from Guadalcanal to participate in a strike against Japanese warships spotted near Munda. SBD-4 Bureau Number 06790, carrying Avnet and PFC Robert L. Smith, was last seen at 1900 hours over the Russell Islands. The flight encountered awful weather en route to the target. Four bombers aborted; the rest, flying on instruments, failed to make contact. Avnet and Smith never returned to the field and were feared lost at sea. No trace of Avnet or Smith was ever seen again. Both men were declared dead on 19 February 1945. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Second Lieutenant (posthumous Capain) |
STATUS OF REMAINS Missing in action |
MEMORIALS Manila American Cemetery |
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