Leroy A. Mendonca was a soldier in the United States Army

United States Army

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 during the Korean War

Korean War

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. He posthumously received the Medal of Honor

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 for his actions on July 4, 1951.
Leroy was born in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii

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, on 2 August 1932, and is of Portuguese

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 ancestry. While attending President William McKinley High School

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, he was a AJROTC cadet, and graduated in 1950.
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company B, 7th Infantry Regiment

7th Infantry Regiment (United States)

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, 3d Infantry Division

U.S. 3d Infantry Division

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Place and date: Near Chich-on, Korea, July 4, 1951

Entered service at: Honolulu, T.H.