LEEPER, Offie Lovett Jr. ~ 1st Lt. , Korean War

LEEPER

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 9/9/2013 at 14:15:17

Council Bluffs Nonpareil
Council Bluffs, Iowa
February 07, 1951

1st Lt. Offie Lovett Leeper, Jr.

SEATTLE - A tearful military father of an Iowa soldier, who fell in Korea, Wednesday received a silver star for his son's bravery. Capt. Offie L. LEEPER, Sr., of Leon, IA, received the decoration for 1st Lt. Offie L. LEEPER Jr. [O-2209127], who was killed in action September 28, 1951, while "courageously maintaining a one-man stand" to cover a withdrawal of his men.
Lt. LEEPER, 23, was graduated from the University of Iowa in 1950. He was with the First Cavalry Division of the 5th Cavalry.

Capt. LEEPER is stationed at the Portland office of the Seattle port of embarkation. The Leepers also have another son, Lt. John LEEPER, 26, in Korea with the Second Infantry Division.

NOTE: Lt. Offie Lovett LEEPER Jr. is honored at the Iowa Memorial Union, The University of Iowa, Iowa City.

Transcription and note by Sharon R. Becker, September of 2013.