The Wall › Panel 33W › Virginia › Leon Beard
LEON BEARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 23, 1943 – January 30, 1969
Service recordLeon Beard, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1969, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 18
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 18
- LARRY ALLAN STEPHENSSergeant · January 29, 1969
- JAMES WELDON THOMASHospitalman · January 29, 1969
- CARL JOSEPH ANDRUSPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- LUDWIG GEORGE BAUMANNMajor · January 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAUL LERMA SEGOVIASpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 22
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
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.