Leach John Everett

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John Everett Leach is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

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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Unit:

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.