Armond DeVeau Leisure

Marine Corps Reserve | Service Number 308280

Born

June 30, 1912
in Overland Park, MO

Parents

Armond “Volly” Leisure, Sr. (d. 1943)
Ferrell (Byers) Leisure
later Mrs. Ferrell Gibson

School

Pomona High School (1930)

Pre-War Employment

Nehi Bottling Works

Entered Service

February 27, 1941
at Los Angeles, CA

Joined First Battalion

April 19, 1943
from Camp Elliott, CA

Left First Battalion

June 15, 1944
Killed in action at Saipan

Left Service

June 15, 1944
Killed in action

Home Address and Next of Kin

447 South San Antonio Avenue, Pomona, CA – home of mother, Mrs. Ferrell Gibson

Service & Campaigns

Before joining battalion

Enlisted 27 February 1941; boot camp at MCRD San Diego with Fourth Recruit Battalion. Assigned to Rifle Range Detachment, MCB San Diego as student coach in summer 1941. Served as rifle instructor and range guard through April 1943.

Transferred to Dog Company, First Battalion, 24th Marines at Camp Pendleton on 19 April 1943.

Roi-Namur

Outfit: D/1/24th Marines
Rank: Corporal
MOS: 652 (Section Leader)

Campaign Narrative

Saipan

Outfit: A/1/24th Marines
Rank: Sergeant
MOS: 652 (Section Leader)
Important Events:
June 15, 1944 – killed in action (gunshot wound, right chest); exact circumstances unknown.
June 18, 1944 – buried Plot 1, Row 11, Grave 139, Fourth Marine Division Cemetery, Saipan

Campaign Narrative