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DAVID WARREN LEATHERBURY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 23, 1946 – January 12, 1968
Service recordDavid Warren Leatherbury, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 37
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Plumber (51K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 36 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- January 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 37
- WILLIAM BAKER HUBBLECorporal · January 12, 1968
- LLOYD HENRY KENTSpecialist Four · January 12, 1968
- ROBERT D ORR KINGPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- EARL LONDONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.