Monuments
Sgt's John Leach, Todd Zephier, and PFC Darryl Shirley Monument
Heilbronn 84th Field Artillery Regiment Plaque
Name:
John Everett Leach
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
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84th Field Artillery Regiment
Date of Death:
1985-01-11
State:
Missouri
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John Everett “Dennis” Leach was born on June 4, 1956, in Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri. He was the son of Charles Everett "Bill" Leach. He enlisted in the US Army on May 22, 1975. He served in Battery C, 3rd Battalion, 84th Field Artillery Regiment, as a Staff Sergeant during the Cold War.
On January 11, 1985, a Pershing II missile's first stage exploded during an assembly at Camp Redleg in Heilbronn, Germany, killing three U.S. Army soldiers including SSgt Leach, and injuring sixteen others. Currently, we don't have details about his burial.