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Lester Leach 1924 - 1983

Lester Leach was born on January 18, 1924, and died at age 59 years old on February 6, 1983. Lester Leach was buried at Salisbury National Cemetery Section G Site 709 501 Statesville Boulevard, in Salisbury, Nc. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lester Leach.
Lester Leach
January 18, 1924
February 6, 1983
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  • 01/18
    1924

    Birthday

    January 18, 1924
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: STM 2C Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 02/6
    1983

    Death

    February 6, 1983
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Salisbury National Cemetery Section G Site 709 501 Statesville Boulevard, in Salisbury, Nc 28144
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In 1924, in the year that Lester Leach was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1943, he was 19 years old when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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