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JAMES WILLIS LEACH
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
January 15, 1929 – November 18, 1966
Service recordJames Willis Leach, of Sanatorium, Mississippi, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 85
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Medium Transport (062D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1929
- Home of record
- Sanatorium, Mississippi (Simpson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 85
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- DONALD P SMITHSergeant · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND EUGENE SMOOTSpecialist Five · November 18, 1966
- FREDERICK PEARCE VICTORIAFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 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.