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JOHN LEROY PARTEE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 9, 1930 – March 29, 1969
Service recordJohn Leroy Partee, of Concord, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 84
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1930
- Home of record
- Concord, North Carolina (Cabarrus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 28W, Line 84
- JULIO MALABELance Corporal · March 29, 1969
- ROBERT ALTON MULHOLLANDPrivate First Class · March 29, 1969
- LEA EVERETT NIBBELINKPrivate First Class · March 29, 1969
- DANNY FRANKLIN PERKINSPrivate First Class · March 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRY JOE BARNHOLDTSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 78
- RICHARD JOSEPH SCHWICHOWStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 80
- LARRY KEITH HOCUTTPrivate · Panel 28W, Line 82
- FRANK LESLIE KECKPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 82
- VICTOR HEENAN PRITCHARDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 85
- THOMAS ARTHUR WIESECorporal · Panel 28W, Line 88
From Concord
- JAMES HENRY FURRLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- FRANKLIN HARLEE CANUP JRPetty Officer Second Class · January 14, 1967
- NORMAN PERRY HOWIE JRPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID HENRY MITCHELLSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- JAMES JUNIUS GRAYSergeant First Class · July 15, 1967
- TROY ALEXANDER GALYANSpecialist Four · November 20, 1967
- GARY STEVEN CHRISTENBURYPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- LIONEL NESBIT PHILLIPS JRPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS PEEKPrivate First Class · September 1, 1968
- FRED LEROY ROACH JRLance Corporal · February 23, 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.