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Leon Synfelt, the son of Leon and Valaria (Levandovska) Synfelt, was born on February 10, 1923, in Fort Edward, New York. By 1930, he was residing in Schenectady with his family. Prior to enlisting in the military, he worked for General Electric after graduating from Mont Pleasant High School.
On January 5, 1943, Leon enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps. He was a Nose Gunner on the B-24J “Lassie Come Home” with the 707th Bomb Squadron, 446th Bomb Group, and he held the rank of Staff Sergeant. When "Lassie Come Home" crashed in Germany, Leon was on a bombing mission over Misburg, Germany. On November 4, 1944, a German policeman shot him when he was a prisoner of war in the woods near Salzdetfurth, Germany. Leon is remembered at St. Adalbert Cemetery, Rotterdam, New York.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry