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JACK DAVID LEOPARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 30, 1949 – May 5, 1970
Service recordJack David Leopard, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 102
- ROBERT EDWARD HERNDONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1970
- ROGER EMIL HOLLERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1970
- JAMES MASON KELLERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1970
- GERALD ALBERT KULMSergeant · May 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN RAYMOND FEESERPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 101
- ROGER EMIL HOLLERPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 102
- JAMES MASON KELLERPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 102
- BOYD WAYNE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 106
- ROBERT WARD WORTHINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 108
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.