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GARY PAUL LEACH
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
May 30, 1943 – July 28, 1969
Service recordGary Paul Leach, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 28, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 58
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- May 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 58
- JAMES CLEVELAND JACKSONCorporal · July 27, 1969
- DELMER LANGLY KINNEYPrivate First Class · July 27, 1969
- THEODORE EDWARD MANGUM JRPrivate First Class · July 27, 1969
- EDWARD ANTHONY MISKOWSKICaptain · July 28, 1969
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.