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HAROLD PAUL LEAPHART
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 21, 1946 – September 17, 1966
Service recordHarold Paul Leaphart, of Aiken, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Aiken, South Carolina (Aiken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 107
- WILLIAM WALLACE NEWTONChief Petty Officer · February 17, 1960
- JAMES ANTHONY KIGERLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- BILLIE DWAINE LANDERSStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT LEEPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DAREL DEAN LEETUNLieutenant Colonel · September 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN RUDOLPH CUMMINS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 105
- WILLIAM GORDON FLEMING JRPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 106
- GARY EUGENE MCCASLINPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 108
- ALFRED MCPHERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 109
From Aiken
- JAMES LOUIS DOUSEPrivate First Class · December 24, 1965
- FRANKLIN HAMILTON PENNPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- WAYNE BOYDPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- JOSEPH BOYCE ADAMSSeaman · August 16, 1968
- DWANE LONNIE ADAMSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1969
- ROY GIBSON MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- CHARLES H PARKS JRHospitalman · August 21, 1969
- WILLIAM HUNTER KILBURNPrivate First Class · May 31, 1970
- CLIFTON EUGENE CALLAHANPrivate First Class · February 5, 1971
- CAESAR MURRAYAirman First Class · March 19, 1971
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.