Korean War Memorial: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Henry Leerkamp
Henry G. Leerkamp Henry "Hank" Leerkamp passed away on July 18, 2014, at St. Peter Hospital. Hank was born on June 18, 1921, in Chester, MN. He joined the army in 1939. He was in Europe and the South Pacific during WWll. During the Korean War he was captured and was a POW for 37 months until August, 1953. He retired from the army as a Master Sargent in 1960 and then went to work at the VA Hospital in Lakewood as a nursing assistant. He was also a fire captain in the early days of the Lacey...
