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JESUS EFRAIN LEON-DE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 21, 1947 – June 8, 1967
Service recordJesus Efrain Leon-De, of Salinas, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 75
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Salinas, Puerto Rico (Salinas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- 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 June 8, 1967; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 75
- VICTOR JOE APODACA JRMajor · June 8, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS MCMAHONCorporal · June 8, 1967
- DONALD ANDREW MOURITZENSpecialist Five · June 8, 1967
- DAVID GEPHART MYERSFirst Lieutenant · June 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JACK ELENBAASPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 74
- WILLIAM GLADE HENDERSONSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 74
- THOMAS PRETTERSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 76
From Salinas
- JOSE BRENES-ESCOBARPlatoon Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- PORFIRIO ROMERO-PEREZSergeant · August 3, 1970
- RUBEN MARTINEZ-ZAYASCorporal · August 26, 1970
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.