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LEONARD LEROY BEVELS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 4, 1942 – November 23, 1967
Service recordLeonard Leroy Bevels, of Sherman, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 74
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Sherman, Texas (Grayson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 74
- JERRY WAYNE STANDRIDGECorporal · November 23, 1967
- CALVIN MORRIS STRONGSpecialist Four · November 23, 1967
- ROBERT DOUGLAS WADDELLPrivate First Class · November 23, 1967
- WILLARD BOSTON WALLACECorporal · November 23, 1967
From Sherman
- ARTHUR P WRIGHTCaptain · May 17, 1966
- WAYNE SAMUEL FIELDENSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- BILLY FRANK WATSONSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- JERRY LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- DANNY LYNN GILSTRAPSecond Lieutenant · February 22, 1968
- DONALD ELLIOT WESTBROOKColonel · March 13, 1968
- ROBERT LOUIS POLKLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- DONALD JAY ROEPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- RONALD GENE PACESpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- MONTE DALE DYKESPrivate First Class · August 29, 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.