Leonard Ezell Harding
1918 - 1943 (25 years)
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Name Leonard Ezell Harding [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Birth 16 Feb 1918 Hickman, Fulton, Kentucky, USA 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Gender Male _MILT 10 Nov 1941 Fort Knox, Bullitt, Kentucky, USA US Army Air Corps- WWII: First Lieutenant, 85th Fighter-Bomber Group, 499th Fighter-Bomber Squadron; Piloted RP-47C Thunderbolt in Waycross, Georgia 
Poster - US Army Air Corps Death 19 Sep 1943 Millwood, Ware, Georgia, USA [1, 2, 4] Cause: Killed in Action - World War II - Died while piloting RP-47C Thunderbolt #41-6121 when an engine fire caused his aircraft to crash, six miles south of Millwood, Georgia
Killed in Action-HARDING Ezell Burial Hickman City Cemetery, Hickman, Fulton, Kentucky, USA [1] - 1st Lt Ezell Harding
Cemetery-Hickman City (KY) Marker-Hickman City Veterans Grave-HARDING Ezell Person ID I19188 A Tree Called Smith Last Modified 2 Mar 2023
Father Leonard Tracy Harding, b. 7 Nov 1891, Hickman, Fulton, Kentucky, USA d. 8 Sep 1975, Hickman, Fulton, Kentucky, USA (Age 83 years) Relationship natural Mother Mary Kitchell Ezell, b. 5 Aug 1893, Rives, Obion, Tennessee, USA d. 13 Jul 1974, Union City, Obion, Tennessee, USA (Age 80 years) Relationship natural Marriage 26 Dec 1912 Obion County, Tennessee, USA [6] Family ID F11004 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Birth - 16 Feb 1918 - Hickman, Fulton, Kentucky, USA 
_MILT - US Army Air Corps- WWII: First Lieutenant, 85th Fighter-Bomber Group, 499th Fighter-Bomber Squadron; Piloted RP-47C Thunderbolt in Waycross, Georgia - 10 Nov 1941 - Fort Knox, Bullitt, Kentucky, USA 
Death - Cause: Killed in Action - World War II - 19 Sep 1943 - Millwood, Ware, Georgia, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Arms and Icons Poster - US Army Air Corps
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Sources - [S34] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), 1LT Leonard Ezell Harding Birth 16 Feb 1918, Hickman, Fulton County, Kentucky, USA Death 19 Sep 1943 (aged 25), Millwood, Ware County, Georgia, USA Burial Hickman City Cemetery, Hickman, Fulton County, Kentucky, USA Memorial ID 117353924.
First Lieutenant Harding served with the 85th Fighter-Bomber Group, 499th Fighter-Bomber Squadron, Waycross, Georgia.
Killed piloting RP-47C Thunderbolt #41-6121 when an engine fire caused his aircraft to crash, six miles south of Millwood, Georgia.
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Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
- [S34] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), 1LT Leonard Ezell Harding Birth 16 Feb 1918, Hickman, Fulton County, Kentucky, USA Death 19 Sep 1943 (aged 25), Millwood, Ware County, Georgia, USA Burial Hickman City Cemetery, Hickman, Fulton County, Kentucky, USA Memorial ID 117353924.