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DAVID LEVERETT LEET
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
December 21, 1946 – April 13, 1972
Service recordDavid Leverett Leet, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on April 13, 1972, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 136 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 136
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Vmaq/Ea-6a (I) (7542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMCJ 1 MAG 15 1 MAW
- Born
- December 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Kenosha, Wisconsin (Kenosha County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 13, 1972
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1972. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 136
- RONALD AVERY MALLSpecialist Four · April 13, 1972
- MITCHEL ANTHONY DOWDYSergeant · April 14, 1972
- JOSEPH GALES GREENLEAFLieutenant · April 14, 1972
- CLEMIE MCKINNEYLieutenant Commander · April 14, 1972
From Kenosha
- PEKKA TRUNKHAHNSpecialist Four · May 16, 1966
- WILLIAM RAY HILLCaptain · April 16, 1967
- JAMES LEE VANBENDEGOMStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- RAY ARTHUR SCHOLDSpecialist Four · September 3, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD MILADINPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- RALEIGH L HEWITT IIWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1967
- JOEL ALOIS MATUSEKSecond Lieutenant · November 27, 1967
- JAMES E LYNNSergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- MURRAY WAYNE VANLONE SRStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1968
- GERALD ROBERT ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
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.