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JACKIE GLEN LEISURE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 6, 1947 – May 12, 1968
Service recordJackie Glen Leisure, of Jal, New Mexico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 7
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Jal, New Mexico (Lea County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 7
- RANDALL LYNN LLOYDCorporal · May 12, 1968
- RICHARD LEE LOHSEPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- GEORGE WENDELL LONGAirman First Class · May 12, 1968
- FRED GEORGE LOSEL JRSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARRY BOB COENSergeant First Class · Panel 58E, Line 32
- ANDREW JOHNSON CRAVENSergeant First Class · Panel 59E, Line 1
- JAMES RICHARD LEEPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 2
- FREDERICK JOEL RANSBOTTOMMajor · Panel 59E, Line 11
- DANNY LEE WIDNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 12
- JACKIE RALPH SELTZERSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 13
- JOSEPH LOUIS SIMPSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 59E, Line 13
- ROY CHARLES WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · Panel 59E, Line 15
From Jal
- JIMMY CLIFTON MATHISHospitalman · November 26, 1967
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.