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LAMAR MCLEOD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 15, 1951 – October 14, 1970
Service recordLamar McLeod, of Union Springs, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 134
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
- Ammunition Specialist (55B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- October 15, 1951
- Home of record
- Union Springs, Alabama (Bullock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 134
- ROBERT L BRUNCKHORST JRSergeant First Class · October 14, 1970
- ROBERTS PATON BURROWSStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1970
- EDWIN HARRY CURTISSWarrant Officer 1 · October 14, 1970
- TROY DURDENSpecialist Four · October 14, 1970
From Union Springs
- ROBERT LEWIS PERRYPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- VAN ALLEN NORRISCorporal · May 29, 1968
- BOOKER T DAVIE JRPrivate First Class · February 8, 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.