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DAVID VANCE MCLEOD JR
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 24, 1945 – June 14, 1973
Service recordDavid Vance McLeod JR, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 14, 1973, in Cambodia, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 40 ARRS NAKHON PHANOM RT AB
- Born
- September 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1973
- Age
- 27
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1973. In June 1973, 8 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
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 1W, Line 118
- EMME R GALBRETH IICaptain · May 28, 1973
- RICHARD TENNEY GRAYFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1973
- JAMES DAVID BEAVERSSergeant · June 6, 1973
- FRANCIS ELMORE MEADORFirst Lieutenant · June 14, 1973
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.