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LEO JAMES BROUSSARD JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 6, 1947 – September 12, 1969
Service recordLeo James Broussard JR, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 74
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 6, 1947
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 74
- ROBERT PAUL WIESNETHFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1969
- FREDERICK WILHELMStaff Sergeant · September 11, 1969
- JOSEPH WILLIAM COXCaptain · September 12, 1969
- STEPHEN ANTHONY DESANTISChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 12, 1969
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.