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FRED JOSEPH LEBLANC
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 31, 1939 – February 2, 1970
Service recordFred Joseph Leblanc, of Bayonne, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 94
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 31, 1939
- Home of record
- Bayonne, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1970
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 94
- VICTOR OCASIO JRPrivate First Class · January 8, 1969
- DAVID LEROY JUDYSergeant · February 2, 1970
- JAMES KENT KIRKBYCorporal · February 2, 1970
- DOUGLAS LEE KONINGSergeant · February 2, 1970
- ERIC OAKLEY LEWISPrivate First Class · February 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD HERSHEL MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 95
From Bayonne
- MICHAEL DANIEL CHWANCaptain · September 30, 1965
- STANLEY JOHN KOPCINSKILance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MCGUIREPrivate · March 20, 1967
- THOMAS CHESTER BEKIEMPISLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- VICTOR MANUEL NEGRONAirman First Class · September 19, 1967
- FRANK ANDRISANO JRCorporal · November 19, 1967
- DONALD JOSEPH CRUDENStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS SOSNOWSKICaptain · February 16, 1968
- JAMES WITTPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- WACLAW JOZEF MACZULSKIGunnery Sergeant · March 21, 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.