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LEON BUTLER TRIEST
Captain · U.S. Army
October 26, 1930 – October 24, 1966
Service recordLeon Butler Triest, of Starke, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Officer (2120)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 26, 1930
- Home of record
- Starke, Florida (Bradford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 103
- HUBERT LEON LEE JRPrivate First Class · October 24, 1966
- KENNETH DALE MCCOINPrivate First Class · October 24, 1966
- DENNIS ALVIN MCKELLARPrivate First Class · October 24, 1966
- KIRK ALVIS MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · October 24, 1966
From Starke
- ARTHUR BROXTON JRCorporal · June 2, 1966
- ROBERT MELVIN NAILCorporal · June 8, 1967
- LAWRENCE RUTHERFORD KIMBLERSpecialist Four · August 4, 1967
- CHARLES RICHARD CREWSPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- JAMES GUY BLACKSHEARSpecialist Four · March 17, 1968
- ROBERT EARL TERRELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- ARTHUR BOYD CLARKSergeant · December 11, 1969
- RONALD ELLIS NEWMANCorporal · April 26, 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.