MM/3C Leon Ralph Mott - Bainbridge, NY
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A plaque honoring Machinist Mate 3rd Class Leon Ralph Mott is located in Village Green Park at the intersection of East Main Street and North Main Street in Bainbridge, NY.
Waymark Code: WMW7Q8
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/21/2017
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In 2001 the Slater-Silvernail Post 806 of the American Legion established a memorial honoring all the servicemen from the Bainbridge, NY area that died in WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. The memorial consists of 19 individual bronze plaques set on a two long granite bases; 10 on the left base and 9 on the right base. In the middle is a marble stele with the boots, rifle, helmet image used to signify a person who died while on duty.
The plaque for World War II casualty Machinist Mate 3rd Class Leon Ralph Mott is located on the left base, the seventh plaque from the left. It is inscribed:
USA {Emblem of the United States Navy} II
LEON RALPH MOTT
2/LT
USS Strong DD447
Pacific Theater
Born 28 December 1925. Destroyer was
torpedoed and sunk in Battle of Kula Gulf,
having fought in New Georgia and
Bougainville engagements. lost his life 4
July 1943, Bainbridge VFW Post 6511
named in his memory. SN 2388406