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John “Jerry” Lesanski

1912–2000

Soldier (12th Infantry Regiment; wartime enlisted rank not stated on VA profile)

U.S. Army; 12th Infantry Regiment; D-Day / European theater; wounded Battle of Saint-Lô, 7 Jul 1944; also noted as early WWII jeep driver and cook/baker second class

Documented decorations

John “Jerry” Lesanski’s Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart are named in the Department of Veterans Affairs’ #VeteranOfTheDay profile of his World War II European service. This decorations page records those two types from that VA list. It will not invent a Combat “V” or oak-leaf counts the discharge award sentence does not carry.

Born May 1912 in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, Lesanski enlisted 6 November 1940 so his older brother would not have to. He served with the 12th Infantry Regiment through D-Day operations and was shot in the leg at Saint-Lô on 7 July 1944, beginning a thirteen-month hospital recovery. He was honorably discharged 27 September 1945 and died 8 May 2000. The Bronze Star Medal and Purple Heart are the published decoration names here.

This name is not yet on a war-roll essay. The decorations above are the documented public record this register will stand on until that essay is written.

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