Great Guy, very much missed
Pat Leach was a CLT based ERJ Capt and a CW4 AH-64 IP/IFE. He served 18 yrs total active and guard. Pat was a Desert Storm veteran and left behind a wife and 5 children. We teased each other over the "Biz" and trashed each others carrier, but it was all in jest. I was there that night and am still shocked that he and Andrew are gone. The Flying world lost two Great guys that night.
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2004/nr20041212-1801.html
DoD Identifies Army Casualties
The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died December 9 in Mosul, Iraq after being involved in an Apache helicopter accident. Both were assigned to the 1st Battalion, 151st Aviation Regiment, South Carolina National Guard, Columbia, S.C.
Killed were:
1st Lt. Andrew C. Shields, 25, of Campobello, S.C.
Chief Warrant Officer Patrick D. Leach, 39, of Rock Hill, S.C.