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LEE MYRL LESHEN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 29, 1948 – February 12, 1970
Service recordLee Myrl Leshen served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 1
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 29, 1948
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 1
- LARRY HERMAN GOSCHKASergeant · February 12, 1970
- JOHN BILL HIGGINBOTHAMPrivate First Class · February 12, 1970
- PAUL ELDEN JONESLance Corporal · February 12, 1970
- WILLARD DOUGLAS KELLYSergeant · February 12, 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.