serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit placeofburial_label battles birth_date rank article_title name
1940 -- 1941 united states navy united states navy reserve pearl harbor , hawaii 7 december 1941 louisville , kentucky united states of america 1912 uss '' arizona '' -lrb- bb-39 -rrb- place of burial world war ii 11 november 1916 ensign robert lawrence leopold
 robert lawrence leopold
robert lawrence leopold

robert lawrence leopold , born 11 november 1916 in louisville , kentucky , enlisted in the naval reserve 10 july 1940 .
following training in wyoming , he was appointed midshipman 16 september 1940 and commissioned ensign 12 december .
reporting for duty on board the uss `` arizona '' -lrb- bb-39 -rrb- 2 weeks later , ensign leopold served in that battleship until killed in action 7 december 1941 during the japanese attack on pearl harbor .
