Leland DUFFIELD was born July 15, 1911. Leland met his future wife, Jane ANDERSON, who was his younger brother's [Tom and Dennis] schoolteacher. Leland and Jane were married at the Methodist parsonage, Grant City, Missouri, on August 31, 1942. Leland enlisted in the U.S. Army, leaving for service on September 10, 1942.

On April 18, 1945, PFC DUFFIELD was killed in action by a land mine, Okinawa. He was interred at Maple Row Cemetery, Kellerton, Ringgold County, Iowa. SOURCE:
wwiimemorial.com/registry/wardept/search/pfram.asp?HonoreeID=1068145&popcount=45&tcount=3

Submitted by Sharon R. Becker, November of 2009