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HOWARD LLOYD LEROY JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 26, 1947 – April 8, 1967
Service recordHoward Lloyd Leroy JR, of Vancouver, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Vancouver, Washington (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 123
- JERRY DEAN HATCHERLance Corporal · April 8, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIS HEAPSCorporal · April 8, 1967
- DAVID EUGENE HEVLECorporal · April 8, 1967
- BENNIE LEE HOUSTONLance Corporal · April 8, 1967
From Vancouver
- ROY F HARBISONSpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH NUSSBAUMERCommander · October 26, 1966
- DONALD FREDRICK THULINPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- ROBERT ARNOLD METTERTCorporal · May 7, 1967
- MAURICE KARL MOCKPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- ROBERT PAUL DEGENPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- DELL COLEMAN ODEGARDCorporal · January 30, 1968
- HOWARD DAVID AKEHURSTLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- PRENTIS BARNEY BOYKIN JRPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- STEVEN ARTHUR FRINKPrivate First Class · July 26, 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.