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GERALD ROGER LEGER
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 24, 1945 – March 24, 1968
Service recordGerald Roger Leger, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 24, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 8
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Fitchburg, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 8
- RONALD ROY LAKEPetty Officer Third Class · March 24, 1968
- ROBERT J LORENZOSergeant · March 24, 1968
- LOUIS JOSEPH MAHER JRSergeant · March 24, 1968
- GEORGE ROLAND MARTINSpecialist Four · March 24, 1968
From Fitchburg
- PAUL FRANCIS MCNALLYCaptain · June 6, 1965
- CHARLES EHNSTROM TOFFERICaptain · October 20, 1966
- CHESTER ARTHUR CUMMINGSStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- THOMAS ALFRED DESCHENESSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- EARL EDWARD TYREEPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- PHILIP RONALD CHASSIONMaster Sergeant · February 2, 1968
- WILBUR LEO WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- ROBERT DAVID GARIEPYCorporal · May 4, 1968
- LEO RENE MARCOULIERCaptain · June 6, 1969
- FRANCIS GERALD FRECHETTECorporal · June 17, 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.