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LEROY JAMES WESTRA
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 10, 1950 – May 25, 1971
Service recordLeroy James Westra, of Northumberland, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 55
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Northumberland, Pennsylvania (Northumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 55
- MICHAEL DEAN RIDDLESergeant · May 25, 1971
- MELVIN ROBINSONSpecialist Four · May 25, 1971
- ROBERT LOWELL GREENSTREETSpecialist Five · May 26, 1971
- STEVEN WAYNE HENDRICKSSpecialist Four · May 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD ADAMSMajor · Panel 3W, Line 54
- JOHN DEHAAS CURRANCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 54
- DENNIS CHARLES DURANDSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 54
- JOHN WAYNE LITTLETONSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 54
- MELVIN ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 55
From Northumberland
- WILLIAM EUGENE RODKEYCorporal · August 24, 1967
- RAY THOMAS COMFORTPrivate · April 13, 1968
- HARRY LUTHER BUCHERStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1970
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.