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LEO JOHN HUBER III
Captain · U.S. Army
July 13, 1944 – May 18, 1969
Service recordLeo John Huber III, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 43
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 13, 1944
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 43
- LARRY LAMAR HOLMESCorporal · May 18, 1969
- STEVEN RILEY HUFFSTUTLERFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1969
- RUSSELL LANE JETTSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- KENNETH JOSEPH JOANISPrivate First Class · May 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSE GARZA JRSergeant First Class · Panel 24W, Line 41
- KITCHELL SNOW GIBBSPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 41
- DAVID EDWARD MOVCHANSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 46
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.