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LEO WILLIAM LEVESQUE
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
April 21, 1938 – December 13, 1965
Service recordLeo William Levesque, of Peabody, Massachusetts, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 13, 1965, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 15
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 BN 7 MAR
- Born
- April 21, 1938
- Home of record
- Peabody, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1965
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1965; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 15
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- NATHANIEL WASHINGTONPrivate · December 13, 1965
- PAUL JOSEPH SIMONCaptain · December 14, 1965
From Peabody
- JOHN HENRY SAVAGEAUPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD MCCARTHYStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1967
- RALPH WARREN MANEYSergeant · March 22, 1968
- LOUIS MARIO GIROLIMONLance Corporal · June 10, 1968
- BRUCE ALEN MARRONPrivate First Class · July 20, 1968
- ROBERT LESLIE ROSSFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 1968
- RICHARD LANE COTTERSecond Lieutenant · February 10, 1969
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOISWarrant Officer 1 · March 7, 1969
- STEVEN ELLIS DONALDSONSecond Lieutenant · April 5, 1969
- BRUCE DAVID DICKFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 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.