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LAWRENCE E LEIBA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 30, 1948 – December 3, 1967
Service recordLawrence E Leiba, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 30
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 30, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1967; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 30
- WALTER ALBERT OWENSSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- DWAYNE MAXIFIEL PATTERSONSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- DANIEL QUINNStaff Sergeant · December 3, 1967
- JOHN RONALD RUOHOPetty Officer First Class · December 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER ANDREWSPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 29
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.