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LEON VINCENT FOX
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 9, 1946 – December 18, 1966
Service recordLeon Vincent Fox, of Houston, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Houston, Mississippi (Chickasaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 58
- KENNETH P DUGGARSpecialist Five · October 6, 1966
- MIGUEL RAMON BURRIPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
- JOSEPH FRANCIS CARROLLFirst Sergeant · December 18, 1966
- MARK LEO ENGLISHSpecialist Four · December 18, 1966
- ROBERT PATRICK GANDILPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THURMAN ADAIRStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 57
- MARK LEO ENGLISHSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 58
- ALBERT JOSEPH MCAULIFFEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 59
- JOEL WILLIAM MCDONNELLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13E, Line 59
From Houston
- HAROLD DOUGLAS GORECorporal · May 31, 1968
- ALLEN AVERY GRIFFINSpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
- GEORGE MICHAEL WALLFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 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.