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LEROY ERNEST HALBERT JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 18, 1938 – December 31, 1970
Service recordLeroy Ernest Halbert JR, of Delano, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 17
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
- Cid Special Agent (95D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 18, 1938
- Home of record
- Delano, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1970; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 17
- RONALD EUGENE GERTENCorporal · December 31, 1970
- IRA EUGENE GIBBSPrivate First Class · December 31, 1970
- STEVE L J LAVERTYCorporal · December 31, 1970
- JOHN FRANK NEUBAUERConstructionman · December 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MEDINA ESCALERAPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 16
From Delano
- NARCISO BERTOMEN JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ROGER C MITCHELLCorporal · January 5, 1967
- BALDOMERO ARTURO NADALCorporal · April 15, 1967
- PHILLIP GENE CANTRELLPrivate · December 22, 1967
- HENRY FRANCE ASUNCIONLance Corporal · November 27, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH LOPEZPrivate · November 28, 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.