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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 23684" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Leary </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>John W. </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>513 Parachute Infantry Regiment (HQ Company 2 Bn) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>First Lieutenant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>4th February 1945 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>32 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>buried Staten Island,New York </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from New York</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 4.4.1912 California</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of John Thomas Leary</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>husband of Frances (nee Miller) Leary (died 2003) (2 children John and Carolyn)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>grew up Fort Hancock,Sandy Hook,New Jersey</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Rahway High School,New Jersey</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>fireman,New York City Fire Department May 1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awards Silver Star,Bronze Star (both posthumously)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA near Affler,Germany</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>remains recovered 27.4.1949</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>buried Calverton National Cemetery,Long Island,New York</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>reburied in Staten Island with his wife November 2004</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-leary.11339/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/11/11339-b1db118c338f08d526f3d4d1c85d47c6.jpg?1591390066" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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