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LEO MCEACHERN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 9, 1935 – April 11, 1970
Service recordLeo McEachern, of St Pauls, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 125
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 9, 1935
- Home of record
- St Pauls, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1970
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 125
- PATRICK MICHAEL NEVILLEPrivate First Class · April 11, 1970
- BRADFORD GREG RACEYSpecialist Five · April 11, 1970
- DANNY GILBERT RUYBALCorporal · April 11, 1970
- ROSENDO FLORES SILBASPrivate · April 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HARLAN EUGENE DANIELSPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 122
- RICHARD LEE HIGGINBOTHAMCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 124
From St Pauls
- PAUL NASH JACKSONCaptain · January 24, 1970
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.