”Uncle Bo,” AKA Linzy Leon Putnam, Jr.
Courtesy of his niece, Jodie Cassavaugh Mottram.Born: c. 1930
Died: May 31, 1951
Married: Bertha F.
Children:
Linzy Leon Putnam, Jr. was a Korean War veteran, missing in action, who was last seen in February 1951. According to his niece, he died in a Korean POW camp on his 21st birthday. He has a marker in Pine Ridge Cemetery, but his body was never returned home.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, April 2, 1952
Pvt. Charles Fisher, of Boston, Mass., spent the recent weekend with Mr. and Mrs, Linzy Putnam, of 4 1/2 Edward street. Pvt. Fisher was a Korean buddy of Pvt. Linzy Putnam Jr., who has been missing in action since February 31, [sic] 1951.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, April 22, 1955
PFC L. PUTNAM FUNERAL RIGHTS
Funeral services with military honors for PFC Linzy Putnam will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Saranac Lake Methodist Church. Rev. Norman M. Moss will officiate. Burial will be in Pine Ridge Cemetery. There will be a veterans memorial service at 8 o'clock Sunday evening at the chapel of A. Fortune and Co., where the body will repose. Private Putnam died in a prison camp on May 31, 1951. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Linzy L. Putnam, of 4 1/2 Edward St., Pvt. Putnam was a member of the National Guard but joined the regular army in Sept. 1949. He took his basic training at Fort Dix, N.J., was transferred to Ft. Lewis, Wash., and shipped overseas to Korea. Pvt Putnam was reported missing in action on Feb. 13, 1951. Confirmation of his death was received by his parents on June 16, 1953. He had died of dysentery while in a North Korean prisoner of war camp.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, April 23, 1955
MEMORIAL SERVICES
Members of American Legion Post 447 are asked to attend memorial services at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the chapel of A. Fortune and Co., for PFC Linzy Putnam.
