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LEO CARL CASEY JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 26, 1950 – January 8, 1970
Service recordLeo Carl Casey JR, of Gulfport, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Gulfport, Mississippi (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 12
- CARL ALLEN THOMSONSpecialist Four · November 14, 1969
- WAYNE MICHAEL COLESecond Lieutenant · January 8, 1970
- WILLARD WINSTON CROYSergeant · January 8, 1970
- WARREN LEE DONAHESpecialist Four · January 8, 1970
- XAVIER GOMEZCorporal · January 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD FRANK HOPKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 13
- JOHN MICHAEL RICESergeant · Panel 14W, Line 15
- MICHAEL CLARENCE VICKERYCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 16
From Gulfport
- HOWARD RUDOLPH CODYCaptain · November 24, 1963
- MELVIN TYRONE HUNTERSpecialist Four · January 22, 1967
- RICHARD TERRY SMITHSeaman · July 29, 1967
- CLARENCE EARL DRAKESCorporal · September 4, 1967
- SAMUEL M DAVISSpecialist Four · October 11, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES EDWARDSLance Corporal · October 15, 1967
- WILLIAM GILBERT WILKINSONChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 16, 1967
- JOE LOUIS JOHNSONPlatoon Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- TAYLOR W FOREMAN JRStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1968
- TERRY NEIL THOMPSONFireman · April 29, 1969
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.