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. Sibling list may be incomplete.

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