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LELAND MCGEE MEHLS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 5, 1948 – September 19, 1970
Service recordLeland McGee Mehls, of Flaxville, Montana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Flaxville, Montana (Daniels County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 73
- MARK ALAN HENSLEYCorporal · September 19, 1970
- TORY DRAKE LAWRENCECorporal · September 19, 1970
- MILAN LAVOY LEESergeant · September 19, 1970
- JESSE LEE LENLEYSpecialist Four · September 19, 1970
- WESLEY ALVIN STIVERSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 2005
Same unit, same day
- MARK EVAN HAMBLETONStaff Sergeant · Panel 7W, Line 72
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.