Polar Bear Roster

Polar Bear Roster

Soldier Summary

Alternate Names

Last name	First name
Petry^[1]	Leander Burgess

Military History

Rank: Private, First Class

Unit: United States. Army. Infantry, 339th. Company A.

Serial Number: 2890706

Notes

Last name misspelled "Petry" in "The romance of Company 'A', 339th Infantry, A.N.R.E.F."

Events

Event	Date	Place	Details
Residence	1927	Corbin, KY
Born	10/25/1889	Corbin, KY
Enlisted	05/25/1918	Whitley County
Departed from the U.S.	07/21/1918		Aboard Plattsburg
Returned from Russia	06/22/1919		Aboard Van Steuben
Discharged	07/18/1919
Died	06/28/1980
Burial		Corbin, KY	Pine Hill Cemetery

Sources

[1]The romance of Company "A", 339th infantry, A. N. R. E. F.

•The Polar Bear, vol. 3, no. 1 (Feb. 1927).