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CLYDE A LEEDS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 14, 1936 – September 3, 1966
Service recordClyde A Leeds, of Oceanville, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 14, 1936
- Home of record
- Oceanville, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 65
- CLIFFORD S HEATHCOTE JRCaptain · September 3, 1966
- EDGAR PAUL HEINENSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- GUY MERRILL HODGKINSStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- MICHAEL HENRY KESSELLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 63
- DONALD RICHARD ROBINSONPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 67
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.