This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JW.2ADE/7641 Message Board Post: Desert Memorial Park Cemetery Ridgecrest CA Kern County Funeral Home Record Lot: A-5, Sec. 1, Blk. 1 Interred: Leon Vernon Color or race: White Age: 53 years, 1 month, 4 days Place of birth: Oklahoma Date of birth: July 29, 1909 Sex: M Place of death: Inyokern, Calif Date of death: Sept. 3, 1962 Name and address of undertaker: Turner Funeral Home, Ridgecrest Calif Desert Memorial Park Block 1, row A, Space 5 Headstone: Leon Vernon Colorado EM3 US Navy July 29, 1909 Sept. 3, 1962 Standard military headstone, metal, raised letters Note: Funeral records list birth place as Oklahoma, cemetery records list Colorado