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LEROY DIGSBY
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 1, 1947 – June 10, 1968
Service recordLeroy Digsby, of Panama City, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Panama City, Florida (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 18
- EDWARD ROGER CLAYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
- TERRY WAYNE CRUTCHFIELDPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
- ARTHUR JOHN ENQUISTSergeant · June 10, 1968
- KIM WILLIAM FLETCHERSpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE DOUGLAS HEINTZCorporal · Panel 58W, Line 19
From Panama City
- ROBERT OWEN CANTRELLSpecialist Four · February 11, 1966
- ANDREW HERMAN HODGEStaff Sergeant · November 1, 1966
- LYNWOOD AUSTIN TIPTONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- KENNETH ARTHUR CULLENSecond Lieutenant · April 9, 1967
- DAVID ALFRED LANDLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- ARDENIA FREEMANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- SHIRLEY WILDY JRLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
- WALTER ROY MCKEEPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- RAYMOND LEE JANSENIUSSpecialist Five · October 30, 1968
- JERRY NIXON SCOTTStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1968
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.