Name:
Irvin H. Leech
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
33794020
Unit:
634th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Date of Death:
1945-04-19
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, NLD
Plot:
B
Row:
7
Grave:
7
Decoration:
Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Comments:
When Irvin H. Leech was born in 1919 in Darby, Pennsylvania, his father, Howard, was 31 and his mother, Grace, was 21. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Private First Class in the 634th Tank Destroyer Battalion. He died on April 19, 1945 and is now buried in Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands.