Rank/Rate	Chief Torpedoman’s Mate
Service Number	328 38 02
Birth Date	December 15, 1915
From	Compton, California
Decorations	Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Tang (SS-306)
Loss Date	October 25, 1944
Location	North end of Formosa Strait
Circumstances	Sunk by circular run of own torpedo
Remarks	Leland was born in East Grand Forks, Minnesota. Some sources list his last name as "Weikley," and his birth date as December 15, 1916.

Photo courtesy of Linda Lee Weekley Stradley and Valerie Ann Weekley Pfenniger, nieces, via Vicki Nelson. Photo colorization courtesy of Mark J. Bostic. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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