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Personal info

Full name
LEECH, Keith H
Date of birth
28 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Montour County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33602283
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Near Neufchâteau, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 16 65

Immediate family

Members
George H. Leech (father)
Ruth A. Leech (mother)
Adele L. Leech (sister)

More information

Pvt Keith H. Leech enlisted in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on 29 March 1943.

He attended 1 year of college before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania, Veteran Compensation Application Files, WWII / 1930 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Joel Frampton Gilfert