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LARRY DUANE LEITCH
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
April 24, 1947 – March 1, 1970
Service recordLarry Duane Leitch, of Grand Ledge, Michigan, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 71
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Grand Ledge, Michigan (Eaton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 71
- SAMMY WAYNE GOLDMANLance Corporal · March 1, 1970
- JIMMIE LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 1, 1970
- MICHAEL EUGENE KELLYPrivate First Class · March 1, 1970
- HERBERT WHEELER KLUGSpecialist Four · March 1, 1970
From Grand Ledge
- JOHN MELVIN DURHAMStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1968
- GARY LYN CLAPPPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.