LeRoy Dennis was from Fort Worth, TX and enlisted in the Navy in 1941. After Navy "boot camp", LeRoy was assigned to the USS Utah. He reported on board between October 1 and December 7, 1941.
LeRoy's death made his mother one of the first "Gold Star Mothers". Before the war ended, hundreds of thousands would join her by placing the "Gold Star Mother" decal in a front window. |