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LEO LARRY HADLEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 9, 1943 – August 14, 1968
Service recordLeo Larry Hadley, of Manhattan, Kansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Manhattan, Kansas (Riley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 12
- ROY L EDELSTEINPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- THOMAS LYNN EICHENAUERSpecialist Four · August 14, 1968
- ANNIE RUTH GRAHAMLieutenant Colonel · August 14, 1968
- SCOTT D HENRYCorporal · August 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT IRWIN BROWNCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 10
- RODRIGUEZ PEDRO J CAMACHOSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 11
- GARY LEE MALOYSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 11
- ROY L EDELSTEINPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 12
- SCOTT D HENRYCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 12
- ROBERT GEAN COOPERPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 13
- STEVE DONALD LEEPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 13
- JOHN BRUCE MULARZSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 14
- DANIEL LEO NEUBURGERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 48W, Line 14
- BOBBY LEE RILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 15
- ROBERT JOHN SANTOROSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 15
- FRANCIS ANTHONY SCHWARZPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 15
- HENRYK TADUESZ SULATYCKISergeant First Class · Panel 48W, Line 16
From Manhattan
- DEAN ALBERT KLENDAMajor · September 17, 1965
- BARTON WAINWRIGHT CAREYPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- EDWARD THEODORE GORMAN IIICorporal · May 16, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE BRENNERMajor · June 13, 1968
- ROGER ALAN PARRISHFirst Lieutenant · June 10, 1969
- BILLY RAYMOND CHADWICKSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
- PHILIP JAMES ENLOWSpecialist Five · November 1, 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.