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EARL GENE LEACH
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 24, 1946 – December 26, 1969
Service recordEarl Gene Leach, of Fireco, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Fireco, West Virginia (Raleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 95
- VINCENT OWEN MCCANN JRCorporal · December 26, 1969
- HARVEY R MCCONAUGHEAD JRPrivate First Class · December 26, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES ROMESSERSergeant · December 26, 1969
- E J WELCH JRTechnical Sergeant · December 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRY BROOKS DYERCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 93
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.