Son of Aaron Horton (1878-1951) and Ethel May Plant (1883-1970). He had one older brother, Aaron Wesley Horton (1919-2003).
1930 United States Federal Census (16 April 1930): Detroit (Ward 10), Wayne County, Michigan (sheet 28A , family 26, 5912 16th Street) – Leonard Horton (8 Michigan).
1940 United States Federal Census (06 April 1940): Detroit (Ward 10), Wayne County, Michigan (sheet 6A , household 11, 5912 16th Street) – Leonard A. Horton (18 Michigan).
Leonard Alvin Horton enlisted as a Private (S/N 287402) in the United States Marine Corps on 02 July 1940 in San Francisco, California. He was sent to MCRD, San Diego for Boot Camp where he was assigned to HQ & HQ Company, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, MCB, San Diego, California.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 01 August 1940 to 03 October 1940
HQ & HQ Company, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, MCB, San Diego, California
Private Leonard A. Horton. On 23 August he qualified as a marksman. On 03 October 1940 he was sent to MBNY, Mare Island, California via the U.S.S. DIXIE. He arrived and disembarked at Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Mare Island, California on 07 October 1940.
On 29 November 1940 Private Horton was assigned to Marine Detachment, Naval Prison, Navy Yard, Mare Island, California.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 29 November 1940 to August/September 1941
Marine Detachment, Naval Prison, Navy Yard, Mare Island, California.
Private/Private First Class Leonard A. Horton. He was given a short furlough from 28-31 December 1940. By July 1941 he was a Private First Class. He was given a short furlough from 22-28 July 1941.
Private First Class Leonard A. Horton was assigned to an Asiatic Station and sent to Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Cavite, Philippine Islands. Leonard was assigned to Company "B". He was one of 700 Marines that was organized as a defense and infantry battalion. The First Separate Marine Battalion at Cavite provided antiaircraft and ground protection for all naval activities there. Company "B" operated out of the Cavite Yard.
U.S., Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 01 October 1941 to 26 December 1941
Company "B", First Separate Marine Battalion, Marne Barracks, Navy Yard, Cavite, P. I.
War broke out on 08 December 1941 and on 10 December, Cavite was bombed. Private First Class Thomas L. Wetherington was killed by bomb fragments, becoming the first Marine to lose his life in defense of the Philippines. Japanese forces began a full-scale invasion of Luzon on 22 December. In response, General Douglas MacArthur, ordered the withdrawal of the American and Filipino forces to the Bataan peninsula to be a part of the Bataan Defense Force. On 26 December the First Separate Marine Battalion were moved to Mariveles, Bataan. "As night fell on 26 December all personnel, equipment, and supplies were in place in the jungle near Mariveles." Over the next couple of days they were moved to Fort Mills, Corregidor Island. On 01 January 1942 the First Separate Marine Battalion was redesignated as 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines. PFC Horton was assigned to Company K, Third Battalion, Fourth Marines as part of the beach defenses in the middle sector on the northeast beaches of the tail of the island (1st Battalion took the east sector, from Malinta Hill to Hooker Point. The 2nd Battalion moved to the west sector). Work began immediately on construction of beach defenses.
U.S., Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 01 January 1942 to 08 January 1942
Company K, Third Battalion, Fourth Marines, Corregidor, P. I.
Private First Class Leonard A. Horton. He was transferred to Company M, Third Battalion, Fourth Marines on 08 January 1942.
U.S., Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 01 January 1942 to 06 May 1942
Company M, Third Battalion, Fourth Marines, Corregidor, P. I.
Private First Class Leonard A. Horton.
(Presumably he spent the next few months manning a heavy machine gun or mortar in the defense of Fort Hughes near Corregidor). The final surviving muster (April 1942) before the surrender, shows him on Corregidor.
On the night of 05 May 1942, Japanese forces landed on the island and overwhelmed the island garrison, which surrendered at 1200 hours the following day.
PFC Horton was reported missing in action on Corregidor on 06 May 1942. No eyewitnesses could be found to confirm his death, and he was never recorded as a prisoner of war. It is not known what happened to him.
His Marine Corps casualty card contains a clue of what might have happened to him: The Roster of 4th Marine & Naval Personnel File Recovered from Japanese Prison Camp received 26 October 1945 states that he "escaped from Corregidor. Reported alive in Cavite Province in September 1942." While the accuracy of this report has never been verified, it is known that several members of Third Battalion, Fourth Marines did escape Corregidor and joined up with Filipino guerilla forces. No additional information about Horton's whereabouts or activities is currently known. Source: Missing Marines (https://missingmarines.com/leonard-a-horton/)
He was officially declared dead on 07 January 1946.
Leonard A. HORTON (S/N 287402) MIA 06 May 1942. "Declared KIA 07 January 1946 by reason of finding of death by SecNav."
Private First Class Leonard Alvin Horton is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing – United States Marine Corps, Manila American Cemetery.
Awards: Purple Heart
1930 United States Federal Census (16 April 1930): Detroit (Ward 10), Wayne County, Michigan (sheet 28A , family 26, 5912 16th Street) – Leonard Horton (8 Michigan).
1940 United States Federal Census (06 April 1940): Detroit (Ward 10), Wayne County, Michigan (sheet 6A , household 11, 5912 16th Street) – Leonard A. Horton (18 Michigan).
Leonard Alvin Horton enlisted as a Private (S/N 287402) in the United States Marine Corps on 02 July 1940 in San Francisco, California. He was sent to MCRD, San Diego for Boot Camp where he was assigned to HQ & HQ Company, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, MCB, San Diego, California.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 01 August 1940 to 03 October 1940
HQ & HQ Company, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, MCB, San Diego, California
Private Leonard A. Horton. On 23 August he qualified as a marksman. On 03 October 1940 he was sent to MBNY, Mare Island, California via the U.S.S. DIXIE. He arrived and disembarked at Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Mare Island, California on 07 October 1940.
On 29 November 1940 Private Horton was assigned to Marine Detachment, Naval Prison, Navy Yard, Mare Island, California.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 29 November 1940 to August/September 1941
Marine Detachment, Naval Prison, Navy Yard, Mare Island, California.
Private/Private First Class Leonard A. Horton. He was given a short furlough from 28-31 December 1940. By July 1941 he was a Private First Class. He was given a short furlough from 22-28 July 1941.
Private First Class Leonard A. Horton was assigned to an Asiatic Station and sent to Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Cavite, Philippine Islands. Leonard was assigned to Company "B". He was one of 700 Marines that was organized as a defense and infantry battalion. The First Separate Marine Battalion at Cavite provided antiaircraft and ground protection for all naval activities there. Company "B" operated out of the Cavite Yard.
U.S., Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 01 October 1941 to 26 December 1941
Company "B", First Separate Marine Battalion, Marne Barracks, Navy Yard, Cavite, P. I.
War broke out on 08 December 1941 and on 10 December, Cavite was bombed. Private First Class Thomas L. Wetherington was killed by bomb fragments, becoming the first Marine to lose his life in defense of the Philippines. Japanese forces began a full-scale invasion of Luzon on 22 December. In response, General Douglas MacArthur, ordered the withdrawal of the American and Filipino forces to the Bataan peninsula to be a part of the Bataan Defense Force. On 26 December the First Separate Marine Battalion were moved to Mariveles, Bataan. "As night fell on 26 December all personnel, equipment, and supplies were in place in the jungle near Mariveles." Over the next couple of days they were moved to Fort Mills, Corregidor Island. On 01 January 1942 the First Separate Marine Battalion was redesignated as 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines. PFC Horton was assigned to Company K, Third Battalion, Fourth Marines as part of the beach defenses in the middle sector on the northeast beaches of the tail of the island (1st Battalion took the east sector, from Malinta Hill to Hooker Point. The 2nd Battalion moved to the west sector). Work began immediately on construction of beach defenses.
U.S., Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 01 January 1942 to 08 January 1942
Company K, Third Battalion, Fourth Marines, Corregidor, P. I.
Private First Class Leonard A. Horton. He was transferred to Company M, Third Battalion, Fourth Marines on 08 January 1942.
U.S., Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 01 January 1942 to 06 May 1942
Company M, Third Battalion, Fourth Marines, Corregidor, P. I.
Private First Class Leonard A. Horton.
(Presumably he spent the next few months manning a heavy machine gun or mortar in the defense of Fort Hughes near Corregidor). The final surviving muster (April 1942) before the surrender, shows him on Corregidor.
On the night of 05 May 1942, Japanese forces landed on the island and overwhelmed the island garrison, which surrendered at 1200 hours the following day.
PFC Horton was reported missing in action on Corregidor on 06 May 1942. No eyewitnesses could be found to confirm his death, and he was never recorded as a prisoner of war. It is not known what happened to him.
His Marine Corps casualty card contains a clue of what might have happened to him: The Roster of 4th Marine & Naval Personnel File Recovered from Japanese Prison Camp received 26 October 1945 states that he "escaped from Corregidor. Reported alive in Cavite Province in September 1942." While the accuracy of this report has never been verified, it is known that several members of Third Battalion, Fourth Marines did escape Corregidor and joined up with Filipino guerilla forces. No additional information about Horton's whereabouts or activities is currently known. Source: Missing Marines (https://missingmarines.com/leonard-a-horton/)
He was officially declared dead on 07 January 1946.
Leonard A. HORTON (S/N 287402) MIA 06 May 1942. "Declared KIA 07 January 1946 by reason of finding of death by SecNav."
Private First Class Leonard Alvin Horton is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing – United States Marine Corps, Manila American Cemetery.
Awards: Purple Heart
Son of Aaron Horton (1878-1951) and Ethel May Plant (1883-1970). He had one older brother, Aaron Wesley Horton (1919-2003).
1930 United States Federal Census (16 April 1930): Detroit (Ward 10), Wayne County, Michigan (sheet 28A , family 26, 5912 16th Street) – Leonard Horton (8 Michigan).
1940 United States Federal Census (06 April 1940): Detroit (Ward 10), Wayne County, Michigan (sheet 6A , household 11, 5912 16th Street) – Leonard A. Horton (18 Michigan).
Leonard Alvin Horton enlisted as a Private (S/N 287402) in the United States Marine Corps on 02 July 1940 in San Francisco, California. He was sent to MCRD, San Diego for Boot Camp where he was assigned to HQ & HQ Company, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, MCB, San Diego, California.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 01 August 1940 to 03 October 1940
HQ & HQ Company, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, MCB, San Diego, California
Private Leonard A. Horton. On 23 August he qualified as a marksman. On 03 October 1940 he was sent to MBNY, Mare Island, California via the U.S.S. DIXIE. He arrived and disembarked at Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Mare Island, California on 07 October 1940.
On 29 November 1940 Private Horton was assigned to Marine Detachment, Naval Prison, Navy Yard, Mare Island, California.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 29 November 1940 to August/September 1941
Marine Detachment, Naval Prison, Navy Yard, Mare Island, California.
Private/Private First Class Leonard A. Horton. He was given a short furlough from 28-31 December 1940. By July 1941 he was a Private First Class. He was given a short furlough from 22-28 July 1941.
Private First Class Leonard A. Horton was assigned to an Asiatic Station and sent to Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Cavite, Philippine Islands. Leonard was assigned to Company "B". He was one of 700 Marines that was organized as a defense and infantry battalion. The First Separate Marine Battalion at Cavite provided antiaircraft and ground protection for all naval activities there. Company "B" operated out of the Cavite Yard.
U.S., Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 01 October 1941 to 26 December 1941
Company "B", First Separate Marine Battalion, Marne Barracks, Navy Yard, Cavite, P. I.
War broke out on 08 December 1941 and on 10 December, Cavite was bombed. Private First Class Thomas L. Wetherington was killed by bomb fragments, becoming the first Marine to lose his life in defense of the Philippines. Japanese forces began a full-scale invasion of Luzon on 22 December. In response, General Douglas MacArthur, ordered the withdrawal of the American and Filipino forces to the Bataan peninsula to be a part of the Bataan Defense Force. On 26 December the First Separate Marine Battalion were moved to Mariveles, Bataan. "As night fell on 26 December all personnel, equipment, and supplies were in place in the jungle near Mariveles." Over the next couple of days they were moved to Fort Mills, Corregidor Island. On 01 January 1942 the First Separate Marine Battalion was redesignated as 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines. PFC Horton was assigned to Company K, Third Battalion, Fourth Marines as part of the beach defenses in the middle sector on the northeast beaches of the tail of the island (1st Battalion took the east sector, from Malinta Hill to Hooker Point. The 2nd Battalion moved to the west sector). Work began immediately on construction of beach defenses.
U.S., Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 01 January 1942 to 08 January 1942
Company K, Third Battalion, Fourth Marines, Corregidor, P. I.
Private First Class Leonard A. Horton. He was transferred to Company M, Third Battalion, Fourth Marines on 08 January 1942.
U.S., Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 01 January 1942 to 06 May 1942
Company M, Third Battalion, Fourth Marines, Corregidor, P. I.
Private First Class Leonard A. Horton.
(Presumably he spent the next few months manning a heavy machine gun or mortar in the defense of Fort Hughes near Corregidor). The final surviving muster (April 1942) before the surrender, shows him on Corregidor.
On the night of 05 May 1942, Japanese forces landed on the island and overwhelmed the island garrison, which surrendered at 1200 hours the following day.
PFC Horton was reported missing in action on Corregidor on 06 May 1942. No eyewitnesses could be found to confirm his death, and he was never recorded as a prisoner of war. It is not known what happened to him.
His Marine Corps casualty card contains a clue of what might have happened to him: The Roster of 4th Marine & Naval Personnel File Recovered from Japanese Prison Camp received 26 October 1945 states that he "escaped from Corregidor. Reported alive in Cavite Province in September 1942." While the accuracy of this report has never been verified, it is known that several members of Third Battalion, Fourth Marines did escape Corregidor and joined up with Filipino guerilla forces. No additional information about Horton's whereabouts or activities is currently known. Source: Missing Marines (https://missingmarines.com/leonard-a-horton/)
He was officially declared dead on 07 January 1946.
Leonard A. HORTON (S/N 287402) MIA 06 May 1942. "Declared KIA 07 January 1946 by reason of finding of death by SecNav."
Private First Class Leonard Alvin Horton is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing – United States Marine Corps, Manila American Cemetery.
Awards: Purple Heart
1930 United States Federal Census (16 April 1930): Detroit (Ward 10), Wayne County, Michigan (sheet 28A , family 26, 5912 16th Street) – Leonard Horton (8 Michigan).
1940 United States Federal Census (06 April 1940): Detroit (Ward 10), Wayne County, Michigan (sheet 6A , household 11, 5912 16th Street) – Leonard A. Horton (18 Michigan).
Leonard Alvin Horton enlisted as a Private (S/N 287402) in the United States Marine Corps on 02 July 1940 in San Francisco, California. He was sent to MCRD, San Diego for Boot Camp where he was assigned to HQ & HQ Company, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, MCB, San Diego, California.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 01 August 1940 to 03 October 1940
HQ & HQ Company, Recruit Depot, Base Troops, MCB, San Diego, California
Private Leonard A. Horton. On 23 August he qualified as a marksman. On 03 October 1940 he was sent to MBNY, Mare Island, California via the U.S.S. DIXIE. He arrived and disembarked at Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Mare Island, California on 07 October 1940.
On 29 November 1940 Private Horton was assigned to Marine Detachment, Naval Prison, Navy Yard, Mare Island, California.
U.S. Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 29 November 1940 to August/September 1941
Marine Detachment, Naval Prison, Navy Yard, Mare Island, California.
Private/Private First Class Leonard A. Horton. He was given a short furlough from 28-31 December 1940. By July 1941 he was a Private First Class. He was given a short furlough from 22-28 July 1941.
Private First Class Leonard A. Horton was assigned to an Asiatic Station and sent to Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Cavite, Philippine Islands. Leonard was assigned to Company "B". He was one of 700 Marines that was organized as a defense and infantry battalion. The First Separate Marine Battalion at Cavite provided antiaircraft and ground protection for all naval activities there. Company "B" operated out of the Cavite Yard.
U.S., Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 01 October 1941 to 26 December 1941
Company "B", First Separate Marine Battalion, Marne Barracks, Navy Yard, Cavite, P. I.
War broke out on 08 December 1941 and on 10 December, Cavite was bombed. Private First Class Thomas L. Wetherington was killed by bomb fragments, becoming the first Marine to lose his life in defense of the Philippines. Japanese forces began a full-scale invasion of Luzon on 22 December. In response, General Douglas MacArthur, ordered the withdrawal of the American and Filipino forces to the Bataan peninsula to be a part of the Bataan Defense Force. On 26 December the First Separate Marine Battalion were moved to Mariveles, Bataan. "As night fell on 26 December all personnel, equipment, and supplies were in place in the jungle near Mariveles." Over the next couple of days they were moved to Fort Mills, Corregidor Island. On 01 January 1942 the First Separate Marine Battalion was redesignated as 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines. PFC Horton was assigned to Company K, Third Battalion, Fourth Marines as part of the beach defenses in the middle sector on the northeast beaches of the tail of the island (1st Battalion took the east sector, from Malinta Hill to Hooker Point. The 2nd Battalion moved to the west sector). Work began immediately on construction of beach defenses.
U.S., Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 01 January 1942 to 08 January 1942
Company K, Third Battalion, Fourth Marines, Corregidor, P. I.
Private First Class Leonard A. Horton. He was transferred to Company M, Third Battalion, Fourth Marines on 08 January 1942.
U.S., Marine Corps Muster Rolls – 01 January 1942 to 06 May 1942
Company M, Third Battalion, Fourth Marines, Corregidor, P. I.
Private First Class Leonard A. Horton.
(Presumably he spent the next few months manning a heavy machine gun or mortar in the defense of Fort Hughes near Corregidor). The final surviving muster (April 1942) before the surrender, shows him on Corregidor.
On the night of 05 May 1942, Japanese forces landed on the island and overwhelmed the island garrison, which surrendered at 1200 hours the following day.
PFC Horton was reported missing in action on Corregidor on 06 May 1942. No eyewitnesses could be found to confirm his death, and he was never recorded as a prisoner of war. It is not known what happened to him.
His Marine Corps casualty card contains a clue of what might have happened to him: The Roster of 4th Marine & Naval Personnel File Recovered from Japanese Prison Camp received 26 October 1945 states that he "escaped from Corregidor. Reported alive in Cavite Province in September 1942." While the accuracy of this report has never been verified, it is known that several members of Third Battalion, Fourth Marines did escape Corregidor and joined up with Filipino guerilla forces. No additional information about Horton's whereabouts or activities is currently known. Source: Missing Marines (https://missingmarines.com/leonard-a-horton/)
He was officially declared dead on 07 January 1946.
Leonard A. HORTON (S/N 287402) MIA 06 May 1942. "Declared KIA 07 January 1946 by reason of finding of death by SecNav."
Private First Class Leonard Alvin Horton is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing – United States Marine Corps, Manila American Cemetery.
Awards: Purple Heart
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from California.
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