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Col. Leehey spent the first five years
of his life in Cornwall on the Hudson while his father (Class
of 1920) taught Engineering at West Point. He was drafted in
1945 and was stationed at Amherst College, Ft. Benning, Ft. Belvoir,
and Stewart Field.
His first artillery assignment after the
Air Defense School was with the 71st Gun Battalion at Belvior.
En route to Korea, he was diverted to Japan and the 64th Gun
Battalion at Johnson and Yakota AFB. Following ROTC duty at Missiouri
as a Field Artillery Instructor and Summer Camps at Sill, he
attended the Advanced Course at Sill and Bliss. In 1978 her served
as a Battery commander in the 20th Rocket/Howitzer Battalion,
1st Cav in Korea. He received the Meritorious Service Medal for
conspicuously meritorious performance of duty in a non-combat
situation.
He became involved in ADP/computers and
developed a Nuclear Target Analysis program with many trips to
Ft Huachuca. He served in teh Arty Combat Dev Agency whre he
helped develop computer programs that later became TACFIRE. In
1964 he was MAAG Artillery Advisor to 32 Artillery Battalions
in the Republic of China 1st Field Army.
He served with the Chief of Staff's ADP
office at CONARC at Ft Monroe, then went to C&GSC. His tour
was extended twice. Orders to CINCPAC, Hawaii followed, again
in teh C/S/ ADP office as Chief of Program and Analysis. Two
years later I got orders to Vietnam where he served in MACV Hq
as Branch Chief in J3 Plans.
The army sent him to TECOM Hq at Litton
Industries in California, where he and his wife, Sara, bought
a house. It was there that they retired.
Don went into Real Estate, and had a successful
23 years before his second retirement. He was active as a Vice
President of the Chamber Of Commerce, Present of the local Property
Owners Association, Head Usher of their church, and very acive
in Boy Scouts.
Don and Sarah had 6 sons and 14 grandchildren.
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