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GERALD THOMAS LEBLANC
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 20, 1947 – May 17, 1968
Service recordGerald Thomas Leblanc, of Port Allen, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Port Allen, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 7
- WILLIAM F JULIUS IIISergeant · May 17, 1968
- EDDIE KELLY JRCorporal · May 17, 1968
- MICHAEL DARRELL KUHSELance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- NATE FRANCIS LEESergeant · May 17, 1968
- EDWARD LEON WILMERSSergeant · May 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ANTHONY BIFARETI JRSergeant · Panel 61E, Line 23
- KENNETH CLAY BERRIERPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 24
- REGINALD ALONZO BOWMANSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 24
- DENNIS OWEN CULLUMCorporal · Panel 62E, Line 1
- JAMES NORRIS DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 2
- STANLEY ROY DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 62E, Line 2
- DENNIS LEE EVERTSSpecialist Four · Panel 62E, Line 3
- TIMOTHY MCKEE HAMILTONSergeant · Panel 62E, Line 5
- MARIO FOWLER MUSE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 9
- AARON LEE WOODPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 14
- CHARLES LUTHER YOUNGSergeant First Class · Panel 62E, Line 14
From Port Allen
- JAMES BROWN JRSergeant · September 16, 1970
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.