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JOHN EDWARD LEER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 23, 1942 – February 5, 1966
Service recordJohn Edward Leer, of Miami, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1942
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 4
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- EUGENE NATHANIEL CHESLEYSpecialist Four · February 5, 1966
- JERRY IRVEN HELLANDPrivate First Class · February 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE NATHANIEL CHESLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 4
- FRANKLIN GODFREY TODDSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 5
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.