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LEROY J BORST JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 2, 1945 – February 15, 1967
Service recordLeroy J Borst JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 30
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 30
- JOHN PATRICK BURKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- FLOYD GWEN SAVELLSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- MICHAEL THOMAS SCROGGINPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- RUBEN A VAZQUEZ-BERRIOSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.