PFC Charles Edward Leach Jr.

courtesy of Jan Franco

PFC Charles Edward Leach Jr. was born 13 Aug 1923 in Bethel, Connecticut to Charles Edward and Marie P. (Moran) Leach.  His father worked as a flagman and freight conductor for a railroad reporting a 1939 income of $2500. Charles graduated from high school.

He was working in an office when he was drafted in March 1943. Sent to Europe he was transferred from the replacement depot to D Company 116th Infantry on 13 Jun 1944.  PFC Leach was killed in action one day later on 14 Jun 1944.

PFC Leach was repatriated in 1948 and re-interred in Saint Bernard's Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut.