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JAMES ALEXANDER LEAHY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 14, 1943 – August 8, 1968
Service recordJames Alexander Leahy, of Madison, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 31
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Traffic Management Coordinator (71N)
- Born
- June 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Madison, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 31
- JOHN ANDREW JABLONSKISergeant · August 8, 1968
- ELIAS CASTRO JURADO JRSpecialist Five · August 8, 1968
- DICKIE LYNN LEACHSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
- JAMES FRANCIS LUCASPrivate First Class · August 8, 1968
From Madison
- ROSCOE AMMERMANStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1965
- JEAN PIERRE DOWLINGLance Corporal · January 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BANOVEZ JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- WILLY VASCILLE QUASTStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- THOMAS ERWIN MATUSHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN THOMAMajor · January 12, 1967
- LEONARD DEAN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- GORDON WAYNE STOFLETLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- VERNON GENE STICHSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- MARK WILLARD NEUMANNSpecialist Four · August 25, 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.