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LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOIS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 24, 1942 – June 18, 1965
Service recordLeroy Anthony Bourgeois, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 12
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Infantryman (0300)
- Born
- August 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 12
- JAMES MONROE GEHRIG JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- JAMES ALFRED MARSHALLFirst Lieutenant · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM EDWARD NEVILLETechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1965
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JIMMY LEELAND CROUCHLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
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.