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PH2 Robert James Leach

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PH2 Robert James Leach

Birth
Death
26 Dec 1943 (aged 19–20)
At Sea
Burial
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
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Tablets of the Missing - United States Navy - Lost at Sea
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He went missing in action when the destroyer USS Brownson (DD-518) was sunk by Japanese aircraft off Cape Gloucester, New Britain on 26 December 1943. Robert was officially declared dead on 27 December 1944, one year and one day after he went missing.
He went missing in action when the destroyer USS Brownson (DD-518) was sunk by Japanese aircraft off Cape Gloucester, New Britain on 26 December 1943. Robert was officially declared dead on 27 December 1944, one year and one day after he went missing.

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Entered the service from Indiana.

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  • Maintained by: steve s
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56761653/robert_james-leach: accessed ), memorial page for PH2 Robert James Leach (1923–26 Dec 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56761653, citing Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines; Maintained by steve s (contributor 47126287).