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LEO MEYERS BRELAND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 19, 1949 – April 26, 1969
Service recordLeo Meyers Breland, of Long Beach, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 52
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Long Beach, Mississippi (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 52
- JAMES DAVID BURNSSergeant · April 26, 1969
- THEODORE HUGHES BURTONFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1969
- ROBERT JEROME CARTERPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
- FRANCISCO GREGORYLance Corporal · April 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DAVID BURNSSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 52
- JOHNNIE LEE GRAHAM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 54
- MARK STEVEN LENNONSpecialist Five · Panel 26W, Line 55
- RICKEY ALLEN PROCTORSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 56
- ROBERT LEE TRISDALESergeant First Class · Panel 26W, Line 57
From Long Beach
- EDWARD ALOYSIUS BLAKECaptain · October 29, 1964
- DAVID DEWITT CREELSpecialist Five · November 27, 1968
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.