Iraqi War Soldier Obituaries  York County, South Carolina Genealogy Trails Herald, The (Rock Hill, SC) - December 20, 2004 Pilot, Chief Warrant Officer Patrick Leach Killed in Iraq to be buried today The Rock Hill soldier killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq earlier this month will be laid to rest today. A burial service with full military honors for Chief Warrant Officer Patrick Leach will be 2 p.m. at Laurelwood Cemetery. Leach was killed in Mosul, Iraq, on Dec. 9. Leach, 39, was a member of the U.S. Army National Guard and a veteran helicopter pilot of the first Gulf War. He was deployed in October and was a member of A Company, First Battalion, 151st Aviation Regiment. Greene Funeral Home Northwest Chapel, which will be conducting the funeral, has received numerous phone calls from offices around the state, said Susan Greene Fischer, funeral home manager. Fischer said some of those who may attend include Gov. Mark Sanford or Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer, Rock Hill Mayor Doug Echols and City Manager Carey Smith. The type of service Fischer said Leach will receive includes a detail of pall-bearers made up of soldiers; presentation of the flag to his wife, Elizabeth, and his parents; a missing-man formation with the Apache helicopters; a 21-gun salute; and the playing of "Taps." Fort Jackson, an Army base in Columbia, will provide soldiers for the services, Fischer said. The missing-man formation involves three helicopters flying to demonstrate one is no longer there, said Lt. Col. Chris Jaques. Depending upon today's weather, the missing-man formation may be canceled. Jaques said he spoke to family members Sunday and they were "holding up" and "as well as can be expected." The Rev. Barry Dagenhart of First ARP Church will officiate. Visitation will be after the service at the home, 861 Eden Terrace. Two funds have been set up for Leach's five children - one in Rock Hill and one by the Airline Pilots Association. To donate, write to Carolina First Bank, attention Eddie Brown or Toni Helms, P.O. Box 12037, Rock Hill, SC 29731; or Pilot Relief Fund, Airline Pilots Association, 435 N. 44th St., Gateway 2, Suite 340, Phoenix, AZ 85008. Detroit Free Press (MI) - November 14, 2003 Paul Neff A memorial service for Staff Sgt. Paul Neff, killed when his Black Hawk helicopter was downed Nov. 7 in Iraq, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Matthew's United Methodist Church, 30900 Six Mile, Livonia. Friends may call at the church for 30 minutes before the service. They may also call from 2 to 8 p.m. today at the Vermeulen Funeral Home, 46401 Ann Arbor Road, Plymouth. Burial will be in Parkview Memorial Cemetery, Livonia. Back to York County, South Carolina Genealogy Trails Copyright © Genealogy Trails All Rights Reserved with Full Rights Reserved for Original Contributor This is a FREE website. If you were directed here through a link for which you paid $ for, you can access much more FREE data via our South Carolina index page at http://www.genealogytrails.com/scar/index.html Also make sure to visit our main Genealogy Trails History Group website at http://genealogytrails.com for much more nationwide historical/genealogical data and access to other state/county data