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LEROY JAMES GENTRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 18, 1944 – May 5, 1969
Service recordLeroy James Gentry, of Asheville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 5
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Asheville, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25W, Line 5
- WILLIE JAMES FRAZIERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1969
- HERMAN LEE GRAYSONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1969
- GEORGE RICHARD GREEN JRPrivate · May 5, 1969
- KEITH TAIT HAMMONDSergeant · May 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN JOSEPH MAHERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 7
- ARTHUR T MALLINCKRODT JRSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 7
From Asheville
- DON JOSEPH YORKCaptain · July 14, 1962
- CARL EDWARD MCBEELance Corporal · June 6, 1965
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE BRUTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- EVERETTE EUGENE HARDINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM T EDGERTON JRSergeant · October 12, 1967
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
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.