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EMILE JOSEPH LEGERE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 7, 1945 – July 11, 1967
Service recordEmile Joseph Legere, of Gardner, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 55
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Gardner, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1967; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 55
- LUTHER TONY STOWELance Corporal · July 11, 1967
- SAMUEL ALMENDARIZMaster Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- CHARLES VINCENT AYLORSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- FRED GARLAND BRAGG JRFirst Lieutenant · July 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES NORMAN BROWNSpecialist Five · Panel 23E, Line 49
- DANIEL FRENCHY DEBUTTSPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 23E, Line 50
- WILLIAM JOHN IGOEPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 52
- LEWIS FRANKLIN JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 52
From Gardner
- JOHN CHESTER GEMBORYSLance Corporal · July 30, 1967
- WILLIAM FLOYD BRONSON JRCorporal · March 9, 1968
- FIDELE JOSEPH BASTARACHESergeant · May 27, 1968
- RONALD WILLIAM CARDONAStaff Sergeant · July 6, 1969
- FRANCIS JOSEPH COULOMBELance Corporal · July 28, 1969
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.