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JEROME EDWARD LEROY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 30, 1950 – March 22, 1971
Service recordJerome Edward Leroy, of Kankakee, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 67
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Kankakee, Illinois (Kankakee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1971; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 67
- MICHAEL LEO HARRISSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
- DAVID ROY HAYWARDSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
- DONALD PAUL KNUTSENSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
- LARRY DEWAYNE LEAMONSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- TERRY WAYNE DOANSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 65
- REGINALD DAVID CLEVEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 66
- WALTER RAY HALLSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 66
- DONALD PAUL KNUTSENSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 67
- LARRY DEWAYNE LEAMONSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 67
- JOHN GROVE TRAVER IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 69
From Kankakee
- PATRICK FRANCIS BECKPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- RICHARD CROSBY CLARKSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERT CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- GENNARO JOSEPH DECARLOCorporal · August 27, 1967
- DEAN PAUL STPIERRECaptain · May 22, 1968
- CHARLES DONALD JONESPetty Officer First Class · February 19, 1969
- NELSON LEPORT HORCHEM JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- PHILIP MICHAEL WERBISKIMajor · August 19, 1969
- EDDIE SAM RANDALL JRSpecialist Four · March 15, 1970
- JIMMY ODENEALPrivate First Class · March 12, 1971
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.