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KENNETH RAYMOND LEACH
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 19, 1941 – November 3, 1969
Service recordKenneth Raymond Leach, of Hemet, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 23
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 19, 1941
- Home of record
- Hemet, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 23
- MICHAEL ROBERT NORTONSergeant First Class · November 2, 1969
- DENNIS JOSEPH KEMPFPrivate First Class · November 3, 1969
- STANLEY CHARLES KENTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1969
- DAVID LAWRENCE NAPIERSergeant · November 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN THEODORE JAMESSecond Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 22
- GAYLE EDWARD WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 25
From Hemet
- THOMAS LEE TROELSTRUPSpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
- DAVID WAYNE MCCONNELLPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- GUS BLAKELY ROBINSONCaptain · April 12, 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.