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LEROY BERNARD MUDD
Seaman · U.S. Navy
August 30, 1950 – June 29, 1970
Service recordLeroy Bernard Mudd, of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 29, 1970, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 102
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- August 30, 1950
- Home of record
- West Mifflin, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 102
- WILLIAM LEON HUDNALLPrivate First Class · June 29, 1970
- JAMES ALOYSIUS SCHACHTNERSergeant · June 29, 1970
- CURTIS EDWIN STELZERCorporal · June 29, 1970
- MARVIN EARL BELLStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1970
From West Mifflin
- SAMUEL DONALD AMANTEASpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- PATRICK KEITH HANNONPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH CHALLENERCorporal · January 5, 1969
- RONALD LEE HARRISCorporal · January 19, 1969
- ROBERT THOMAS KISERSpecialist Four · March 10, 1971
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.