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LEONARD NEAL NEWBY
Born: July 14, 1919
Electrician’s Mate Third Class, United States Navy
Service# 6603433
USS CHICAGO (CA-29)
Northampton-class cruiser, commissioned March 9, 1931
Date of Enlistment: May 12, 1942
Home or Place of Enlistment: Drummond, Idaho
Date of Loss
: January 30, 1943
Missing in Action
during combat operations against
Imperial Japanese Forces
in the Guadalcanal Campaign, Battle of
Rennell Island, Solomon Islands.
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