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William B Leach 1921 - 2001

William B Leach of Portsmouth, Rockingham County, NH was born on April 4, 1921, and died at age 80 years old on September 29, 2001. William Leach was buried at Massachusetts Veterans' Memorial Cemetery Section 3C Row B Site 39 1390 Main St., in Agawam, Ma.
William B Leach
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, NH 03801
April 4, 1921
September 29, 2001
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  • 04/4
    1921

    Birthday

    April 4, 1921
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PFC Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 09/29
    2001

    Death

    September 29, 2001
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    Massachusetts Veterans' Memorial Cemetery Section 3C Row B Site 39 1390 Main St., in Agawam, Ma 01001
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In 1921, in the year that William B Leach was born, on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.
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In 1942, at the age of 21 years old, William was alive when on June 17th, Roosevelt approved the Manhattan Project, which lead to the development of the first atomic bomb. With the support of Canada and the United Kingdom, the Project came to employ more than 130,000 people and cost nearly $2 billion. Julius Robert Oppenheimer, a nuclear physicist born in New York, led the Los Alamos Laboratory that developed the actual bomb. The first artificial nuclear explosion took place near Alamogordo New Mexico on July 16, 1945.
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