35th Infantry (Cacti) Regiment Association


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  PFC Leonard E. Pisula    In memory of our fallen brother

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother"



Able Company
35th Infantry Regiment
Korean War


"Not For Fame or Reward
Not For Place or For Rank
But In Simple Obedience To
Duty as They Understood It"

National Defense Service Medal Korean Service Medal United Nations Korean Service Medal Republic of Korea War Service Medal



The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, PFC Leonard E. Pisula, RA13336718, who died in the service of his country on September 22nd, 1950 in South Korea. The cause of death was listed as KIA. At the time of his death Leonard was 19 years of age. He was from Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Leonard's Military Occupation Specialty was 4745-Light Weapons Infantryman.

The decorations earned by PFC Leonard E. Pisula include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Korea Service Medal, and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.


Private First Class Pisula was a member of the 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while fighting the enemy in South Korea on September 22, 1950. Private First Class Pisula was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Korean War Service Medal.

Burial Location
Saint Casimirs Cemetery, Brownstown, Pa
His friends knew him as "Len." Son of Joseph Pisula and Stephanie M. Pisula.