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JOHN EUGENE LEIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 11, 1950 – June 20, 1971
Service recordJohn Eugene Leis, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 83
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 11, 1950
- Home of record
- La Crosse, Wisconsin (La Crosse County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 83
- ARTHUR PAUL ROBERSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1971
- FIATELE TAULAGO TEOSpecialist Four · June 19, 1971
- JEFFREY SCOTT WESOLOWSKISpecialist Four · June 19, 1971
- WHEELER DAVID BROOKSStaff Sergeant · June 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ELBERT MARCANTELSergeant First Class · Panel 3W, Line 84
From La Crosse
- CHARLES LEON DAVIDSONPlatoon Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE LORENZPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS WALSHStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1966
- RUSSELL OLE LEDEGARPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- PETER JOHN CARLSONSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1967
- BRUCE RICHARD SCOTTPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- PAUL ANTHONY OESTREICHERSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- WALLACE LEE GIESENPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BREUERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- RUSSELL CARL HAASSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
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.