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JERRY DAY LEAK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 26, 1947 – February 28, 1968
Service recordJerry Day Leak, of Lebanon, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 68
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Lebanon, Ohio (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 68
- CHARLES FRANKLIN KERRStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- DONALD ARTHUR LABONTEHospitalman · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM LAUZONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- ROY RAYMOND MADDUX JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK TISNERO ALDAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 58
- ARCHIE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 58
- KLAUS DIETER EGOLFSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 60
- DENNIS PATRICK CLANCYPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 61
- JOHN DEAN HALLCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 65
- WARREN GUTHRIE HARDING JRSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 65
- ROBERT WILSON HOWDENCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 67
- ROBERT WILLIAM HUNTSergeant First Class · Panel 41E, Line 67
- PATRICIO MALDONADO JRSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 69
- JAMES SCUITIERPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 72
- WALTER CHARLES SHELLITOSergeant First Class · Panel 41E, Line 73
From Lebanon
- DAVID LYNN MCCONNAUGHEYPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN HILLPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- RONALD PERRY COATESLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- KYLE SMIDDYSergeant · June 26, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN MULLINSPrivate First Class · July 23, 1968
- RICHARD KENNETH CHILTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD CONGER JRSergeant First Class · January 27, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD CARPENTERSergeant First Class · February 24, 1969
- PHILLIP RAY BAILYPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
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.