Leather, James, MGySgt

Deceased

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Last Rank
Master Gunnery Sergeant

Last Primary MOS
0141-Personnel/Administration

Last MOSGroup
Personnel, Administration and Retention

Primary Unit
1966-1975, 0141, Manpower & Reserve Affairs, Headquarters Marine Corps (HQMC)

Service Years
1945 - 1975

Official/Unofficial USMC Certificates

Cold War Certificate

Golden Dragon Certificate

Voice Edition

Enlisted Collar Insignia

Master Gunnery Sergeant

Seven Hash Marks

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Personal Details

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Home State

New Jersey

New Jersey

Year of Birth
1928

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Contact Info

Home Town JERSEY CITY	Last Address 47 Meadowbrook Road Brick NJ 08723
Date of Passing Aug 11, 2015

Official Badges

USMC Retired Pin

WW II Honorable Discharge Pin

US Marines Corps Honorable Discharge

US Navy Honorable Discharge

Unofficial Badges

Remembrance Profiles - 20 Marines Remembered

Cortez-Rivera, Rufinio, PFC, (1951-1952)	Drazey, Louis Dale, Sgt, (1950-1952)
Gordon, Albert, SgtMaj, (1918-1945)	Hill, Griswald Mills, PFC, (1944-1951)
Jackson, James Douglas, PFC, (1943-1952)	Jones, John Lawrence, Cpl, (1948-1950)
McKay, Murdock, PFC, (1945-1950)	McLaughlin, William, Capt, (1951-1953)
MEZZO, JOSEPH, MTSgt, (1936-1946)	MOREAU, James, Col, (1941-1976)
Norton, Harold Verne, Cpl, (1951-1952)	O'CONNOR, Donald, CWO3, (1945-1967)
Owen, Donald Leland, TSgt, (1942-1951)	PATROW, Lelon, LtCol
Soucie, Francis Philip, PFC, (1951-1952)	Thomason, John W, Col, (1918-1944)
Totten, Douglas Eugene, Cpl, (1939-1950)	Turner, Joe Henderson, Cpl, (1951-1952)
Upmeyer, Earnest Harold, Cpl, (1951-1952)	Williams, Donald Kenneth, Cpl, (1951-1952)

Tributes from Members


	Obituary posted by 00 Short, Diane (TWS Admin) 3988

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National Museum of t...		My Boat	In Memory of
IBM Computers	Chapel at National M...	60th Wedding Anniver...	Antietam National B...
Baseball Game	My Brick at Veterans...	National D-Day Memor...	4 Sons
Checker Game with G...	USMC BIrthday Messag...	USMC Birthday Ball ...	USMC Collage
2 Old MGySGTs	Korea Service Medal...	NATIONAL MARINE CORP...	NATIONAL MARINE CORP...
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Chesty Puller's Grav...	Chesty Puller's Grav...	Chesty Puller's Grav...	BIRTH PLACE
PI Rifle Range	Platoon 87 Jun 46	PRES. G.W. BUSH	Body Cast 50-51
52 Christmas	LEATHER BOYS 53	STAFF NCO CLUB	SgtMaj Leather

1950-1952, 0141, HQ Bn, 2nd Marine Division

From Month/Year - / 1950	To Month/Year - / 1952
Unit HQ Bn, 2nd Marine Division Unit Page
Rank Technical Sergeant	MOS 0141-Personnel/Administration
Base, Station or City Camp Lejeune	State/Country North Carolina

Patch	HQ Bn, 2nd Marine Division Details

	Type Support
	Parent Unit Support Units	Strength Battalion
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Mar 28, 2011

Memories For This Unit
Best Friends SSGT BOB O'ROURKE	Best Moment The invasion of ONSLOW BEACH at the conclusion of 2ndMarDiv maneuvers.(1951)

Worst Moment Being a member of a detail first boarding a landing craft to go from Vieques to Roosevelt Roads,then to San Juan's Caribe Hilton Casino to apprehend a lieutenant who had gone AWOL with the battalion payroll.	Other Memories 1.Liberty in Norfolk, San Juan and Isabella Sequnda. 2.Lots of RUM. 3.Visiting the Royal Marines aboard the HMS Sheffield.

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LIBERTY SAN JUAN PR 1951 Sept.

TSGT LEATHER

USS ROCKBRIDGE APA 228

USS MOUNT OLYMPUS AGC 8

29 Members Also There at Same Time

HQ Bn, 2nd Marine Division

Chase, Kenneth, SgtMaj, (1940-1970)	1	0141	Technical Sergeant
Hancock, James, CWO2, (1937-1958)	1	0147	Staff Sergeant
Chambers, Justice, Col, (1928-1952)	99	9906	Colonel
Yancey, Dee Robert, 1stLt, (1936-1953)	21	2102	First Lieutenant
Pepper, Philip Parenti, Sgt, (1949-1952)	55	5537	Sergeant
Acton, Tom Perry, GySgt, (1948-1968)	3	0311	Corporal
Ericson, Robert, Sgt, (1950-1954)	55	5591	Corporal
Frazure, Richard Parman, Sgt, (1948-1951)	58	5811	Corporal
McDuffie, Wayne, Cpl, (1949-1952)	3	0311	Corporal
McDuffie, Wayne, Cpl, (1949-1952)	3	0311	Corporal
Thomas, William, Maj, (1950-1971)	25	2533	Corporal
Yates, Willie, Cpl, (1951-1954)	35	3531	Corporal
Carota, Martin Lawrence, 1stSgt, (1950-1958)	55	5534	Private 1st Class
Del Collo, Theodore Andrew, Sgt, (1951-1954)	55	5591	Private 1st Class
Dixon, Paul, Cpl, (1951-1953)	3	0311	Private 1st Class
Metzler, Earl Chandler, Cpl, (1948-1951)	25	2533	Private 1st Class
Pepper, Philip Parenti, Sgt, (1949-1952)	55	5537	Private 1st Class
Owens, Robert Gordon Jr., MGen, (1939-1972)	OF		Lieutenant Colonel
Yancey, Dee Robert, 1stLt, (1936-1953)			Chief Warrant Officer 2

H&S Co

Winters, Harold, Sgt, (1950-1953)	3	0331	Sergeant
Paglione, Albert, Sgt, (1951-1952)			Private 1st Class

HQ Co

Bird, Douglas, Cpl, (1950-1952)	1	0143	Corporal
Harris, Alan Maurice, 1stLt, (1942-1952)	3	0301	First Lieutenant
Toth, Francis Anthony, Maj, (1948-1979)	14	1441	Sergeant
Dailey, Charles, PFC, (1952-1954)	3	0300	Private 1st Class
O'Connell, Richard Paul, PFC, (1951-1953)	3	0311	Private 1st Class
Ogrodnik, Edwin Peter, PFC, (1949-1953)	21	2111	Private 1st Class

MP Co

Wolf, William C, Sgt, (1944-1950)	58	5811	Sergeant
Mueller, Harold, Sgt, (1950-1952)	58	5800	Corporal
Dantschisch, John, PFC, (1951-1954)	58	5831	Private 1st Class
Jeffries, James, Col, (1952-1991)	58	5811	Private 1st Class
Fox, Wesley L, Col, (1950-1993)			Sergeant
Frazure, Richard Parman, Sgt, (1948-1951)			Sergeant

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