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LEROY FRED DELGADO JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 28, 1947 – February 17, 1967
Service recordLeroy Fred Delgado JR, of Grand Junction, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Grand Junction, Colorado (Mesa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 54
- GEORGE WHITNEY CARPENTERCorporal · February 17, 1967
- ROBERT CYRILL DONALDMaster Sergeant · February 17, 1967
- DONALD ALBIE GREENPrivate First Class · February 17, 1967
- RONALD DAVID HARTSpecialist Four · February 17, 1967
From Grand Junction
- SAM BURNELL JRStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1966
- RICHARD PETE DONATHANLance Corporal · August 10, 1966
- GARY LEON TRUJILLOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM DOBYPetty Officer First Class · February 6, 1968
- RONNIE DEAN SCHULTZSpecialist Five · February 29, 1968
- PHILIP RAYMOND SHAFERSpecialist Six · April 19, 1968
- PHILIP DENNIS MILLERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE GOBBOPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- DAVID RUSSELL WELCHSergeant · March 12, 1970
- DAVID CHARLES JOHNSONSergeant · February 5, 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.