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LEON ELDRED WATERS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 10, 1947 – February 24, 1968
Service recordLeon Eldred Waters JR, of Oneonta, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Oneonta, New York (Otsego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 14
- LAURENCE JOHN HERFELLance Corporal · February 24, 1968
- WILLIAM L WATSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1968
- MORRIS ALFRED WHITEHEADSergeant · February 24, 1968
- JIMMIE DALE WHITLOCKPrivate First Class · February 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE JAMES DENTSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 9
- WILLIAM L WATSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 14
- MORRIS ALFRED WHITEHEADSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 14
From Oneonta
- RICHARD GLEN KOHLANDLance Corporal · November 10, 1967
- ROBERT ARTHUR WIEDEMANCorporal · February 25, 1968
- ARTHUR DEWEY ELMANDORFSpecialist Four · July 10, 1968
- DONALD ANDREW RITTLINGERLance Corporal · December 22, 1968
- WILLIAM BARTON JONESPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- GEORGE F REYNOLDS JRSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER WHEELERSpecialist Four · May 20, 1970
- BURDETTE D TOWNSEND JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 20, 1972
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.