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LARRY KENNETH LEIMBACH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 18, 1951 – August 24, 1970
Service recordLarry Kenneth Leimbach, of Orange, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 2
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)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 18, 1951
- Home of record
- Orange, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 2
- MILTON REGINALD KENNEDYPrivate First Class · August 24, 1970
- JOHN PATRICK MORGAN JRCorporal · August 24, 1970
- SHELDON SILVERMANStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1970
- RONALD GEORGE DICKSONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1970
From Orange
- JOHN MICHAEL PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- MICHAEL WALTER KOLEMAINENPrivate First Class · October 31, 1966
- BOBBY WESTSergeant · January 21, 1968
- RAYMOND NELSON CURLEYSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- KENNETH TILDEN RABEYSergeant · March 16, 1968
- DAVID ARTHUR ROSENBERGERSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- GARY ALAN STADINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN WAYSACKCorporal · May 9, 1968
- RUSSELL UDELL WESTLance Corporal · May 23, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES TODDPrivate · November 1, 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.