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Personal info

Full name
LEACH, Richard B
Date of birth
22 November 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Heavener, Le Flore County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Howe, Le Flore County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38188625
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
Northeast of Brandenburg, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 6 27

Immediate family

Members
Richard M. Leach (father)
Louisa J. (Brown) Leach (mother)
Bunton Leach (brother)
Violet Leach (sister)
Anna J. Leach (sister)
Wand K. Leach (brother)

More information

Pfc Richard B. Leach was a chauffeur before he enlisted in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 25 July 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942 - 1949 / various Family Trees / 1940 Census, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - History of the 28th Infantry Regiment, After Action Report of the 28th Infantry Regiment
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Leflore County Museum - courtesy of Storiesbehindthestars.org