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2nd Lt Marvin L. Leininger graduated from Stockton High School and was a roofer and slater before he joined the Regular Army in San Francisco, California on 1 April 1941.

The airplane was hit by flak at 12:35 hours and dropped out of formation. At various times on the route from the target both #3 and #4 engines were feathered and started again. At one time the aircraft was able to regain its position in the formation, but in some reshuffling of the formation, it dropped behind just as some enemy fighters attacked at 13:42 hours. It was hit by three enemy aircraft from 9 o'clock low. It appeared that at least one of the three fighters fired a rocket into the ship at close range. The entire left wing caught fire and part of the tail section broke off. Diving towards the under cast it was followed by several enemy fighters. It appeared under control when last seen.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Champigneul, France.