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CHARLES EDWARD MCLEISH
Captain · U.S. Air Force
November 27, 1944 – August 21, 1970
Service recordCharles Edward McLeish, of Monona, Wisconsin, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 21, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 128
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Monona, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1970; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 128
- LARRY WILLIAM MCCOYPrivate First Class · August 21, 1970
- DEAN MICHAEL WIEGANDSergeant · August 21, 1970
- DAVID WAYNE YOUNGBLOODCorporal · August 21, 1970
- LARRIE CORNELIUS ALLENSergeant · August 22, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.