Roy Dayton Leach

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*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque*

 Birth: 8/9/1886, Burton, Geauga County, Ohio

Address: 10201 Miles Ave., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: age 30 at draft; married; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Motorman at Cleveland Railway Co. [a public transit franchise from 1910-1942 carrying numerous passengers on a fleet of as many as 1,702 streetcars and buses]; claimed draft exemption in order to support his wife and child

Appearance: Height tall, Build slender, Eyes gray, Hair brown

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 4/28/1918; Private (also listed as Private First Class)

Marriage: On 6/4/1917 in Monroe, Michigan, at age 30, he married Leila Ely Allshouse (1877-1956), a bookkeeper. She had been married once previously, was almost 10 years older, and had a son from her previous marriage Laurence G. Leach born 12/16/1910. In the 1920 Census, she was widowed and listed as a Lodge Keeper living with her son and 9 boarders at 5704 Dibble Ave., Cleveland, OH. At her death nearly 40 years after her husband Private Roy Dayton Leach's death, she was buried alongside him at West Park Cemetery; her gravestone was inscribed with the words "Beloved Wife of Roy." 

Service Number: 2432347

Deployment: 6/14/18 from New York aboard RMS Olympic

Action: 11 Co 3 Tng Bn 158 Dep Brig to Apr 28/18 to May 7/18; Co A 308 MP [Military Police] to Aug 15/18; Co A 1 MP to Oct 3/18. Pvt. St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. AEF June 14/18 to death. Cited in GO 1 Div dated Jan 1/20.

Death: October 3, 1918 at age 32 [5 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918]; cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: 10/3/1918 buried at South Newbury Cemetery, 15464 Ravenna Rd., Newbury Center, OH, Section 2 Lot 13  

Next of Kin: Mrs. Leili [sic] Leach, wife, 3803 Whittier Ave., Cleveland, OH. 

Additional Information: Father: Moses (aka Moores) S. Leach (1850-1934), born Burton, OH, occupations Farmer and in 1920 Watchman at a Rubber Shop in Akron, OH; Mother: Lucy M. Dayton Leach (1857-1921), born Burton, OH; Siblings: Harry Gifford Leach (1881-1912); Abbie D. Leach Holbrook (1884-1957), who had a daughter in 1920 named Ruth Myrtle Holbrook, possibly named after her deceased brother Roy. Both parents were buried at Evergreen Cemetery, 506 S. Franklin St., Chagrin Falls, OH