LEACH, Clifton Elmo - Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Corps; enlisted 11-
Jan-1943; sailed for duty overseas in May of 1945 and was first 
stationed on Morotai Island, Netherlands, Indies with 13th Air 
Force; served as Gunner on B-24 (Liberator) Bomber; received 
Order of the Purple Heart posthumously; born 16-Sep-1916; died 
23-Jul-1945 in action off the coast of Indo-China; was reported 
missing in action from 23-Jul-1945; Home: Eakly, Caddo co., Ok.; 
Wife: Mrs. Clifton E. Leach of Rocky, Ok.; graduated from Eakly 
High School in 1934 and from Southwestern Institute of Technology 
at Weatherford, Ok. with a Bachelor of Arts degree; taught in 
Caddo County schools from 1936 until 1942; employed by Buck 
Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas from 1942 until January of 1943.