View source for GERALD B. LEAVEY, JR., 1LT, USAF

{{KeyDates|DoB=February 28, 1932|DoD=January 14, 1959|Age=26|name_class=Gerald Leavey, Jr. '56}}

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|LBName=GERALD BARRY LEAVEY, JR 
|LBHometown=Arlington, Texas
|LBText=Barry came to the Academy after attending Arlington State College in Texas for one year, and the University of Maryland for one semester. At both schools he was a member of the ROTC. While at the Academy he was a member of the Varsity Gymnastics team and played several intramural sports. Although Barry was not a starman scholastically, he made an above average mark. Barry' was the member of his class who officially ended Plebe year by placing his cap on the top of Herndon Monument. His great love for good music and the fine arts provided him with a great deal of satisfaction. }}

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== Obituary ==
From [http://www.usna56.org/leaveygb.html USNA '56:]
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Barry was a Texan who came to the Academy via two years in ROTC at Arlington State College in Texas and the University of Maryland. He was a member of the varsity gym team. He had the unique honor of officially ending our plebe year, by placing his cap on the top of Herndon Monument after the ’53 graduation. 
 
Barry entered the Air Force upon graduating from USNA. He was killed in a T-33 training flight accident at Vance AFB, OK in January 1959. 
</blockquote>

He [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109179350 is buried in] Tennessee and was survived by his widow, Gertrude. (Survivor information via email from Class of '56 representative on December 4, 2017.)

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