Dr. Leatherman graduated from the St. George's University School of Medicine, St. George's, Greneda in 1983. He works in Cleveland, OK and specializes in Internal Medicine. Dr. Leatherman is affiliated with Cleveland Area Hospital.
John Leatherman, a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was in Berghdals unit in Afghanistan and was stationed with him in Alaska, described an efficient and quiet Bergdahl who was a great squad assault weapon gunner, always had his handbook with him and clearly wanted to "better himself."