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LEROY BOYD WEBB
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 19, 1940 – April 10, 1967
Service recordLeroy Boyd Webb, of Rome, Georgia, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · 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. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 19, 1940
- Home of record
- Rome, Georgia (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1967; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 12
- JOHN FRANCIS OGRADYColonel · April 10, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIS RAETZSpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- MARVIN GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 10, 1967
- ISUM MERRILL WALKERCorporal · April 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD EUGENE BEAGLESergeant · Panel 18E, Line 8
- MICHAEL HUGH LAMBSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 11
- DONALD EUGENE LONGSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 11
- ROBERT WILLIS RAETZSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 12
- ISUM MERRILL WALKERCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 12
- RICHARD ALLEN WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 13
From Rome
- WILLIAM WELTON ENGLISH JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM LEE COVINGTONLieutenant · January 7, 1969
- WILLIAM RAY FOWLERHospitalman · May 10, 1967
- THOMAS STEVEN JONESSpecialist Four · October 24, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE DIXONPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- JOHNNY EDWARD GANTTSergeant · March 26, 1968
- JOHNNY WAYNE SITTENLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- JOHN DAVID GOLLAHONLieutenant (junior grade) · June 30, 1968
- RICHARD LEE JUSTICELance Corporal · July 24, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD FINLEYSpecialist Four · February 2, 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.