Clyde Leedom
| Date and Place of Birth: | November 9, 1906 Wilmington, DE |
| Date and Place of Death: | September 10, 1943 Sicily |
| Baseball Experience: | Amateur |
| Position: | Unknown |
| Rank: | Private First Class |
| Military Unit: | 56th Medical Battalion US Army |
| Area Served: | Mediterranean Theater of Operations |
Ormal C. “Clyde” Leedom, Jr., the son of Ormal and Rebecca Leedom, was born in
Wilmington, Delaware on November 9, 1906. During
the real estate boom of the 1920s his parents moved to Dunedin, Florida,
where he starred on the local baseball team.
A driver by trade and living in Lakeland, Florida, Leedom entered
military service in June 1942 and trained at Camp Lee, Virginia, before
receiving specialist training at hospitals in Atlanta and Georgia, and
being assigned to the 56th Medical Battalion.
Serving in the Mediterranean Theater, Private First Class Leedom
participated in the invasion of North Africa and was among the first
groups to land in Sicily. Leedom, aged 36, died when the ambulance he
was driving crashed in Sicily on September 10, 1943. Survived by his parents, a sister, brother,
ex-wife, son and daughter (Virginia and Dick), he is buried at the Sicily-Rome American
Cemetery in Nettuno, Italy. Sadly, his son, Dick, was also killed in an
auto accident, aged just 17.
Sources:
Dunedin Evening Independent - Oct 11, 1943
Salisbury Times - Oct 14, 1943
www.findagrave.com
Date Added May 9, 2013. Updated June 22, 2016
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