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LE ROY EDMUND THELEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 22, 1950 – July 9, 1970
Service recordLe Roy Edmund Thelen, of Glenbeulah, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 5
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Glenbeulah, Wisconsin (Sheboygan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 5
- LEO MELVIN SANDERSLance Corporal · July 9, 1970
- CHARLIE SINGLETON JRSergeant · July 9, 1970
- TERRY EUGENE WILLIAMSSergeant · July 9, 1970
- PRESTON T WILLINGHAM JRLance Corporal · July 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE BOZIER JRSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 1
- CHARLIE SINGLETON JRSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 5
From Glenbeulah
- PAUL JOSEPH GUELIGPrivate First Class · April 24, 1970
- THOMAS RAY WEISSSpecialist Four · October 20, 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.