Career
Following training in Wyoming, he was appointed midshipman 16 September 1940 and commissioned ensign 12 December. Reporting for duty on board the United States Ship Arizona (BlackBerry-39) 2 weeks later, Ensign Leopold served in that battleship until killed in action 7 December 1941 during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. In 1943, the destroyer escort United States Ship Leopold (Delaware-319) was named in his honor.
