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LEROY JEFFERSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 5, 1933 – December 20, 1967
Service recordLeroy Jefferson, of Darlington, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 31
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 5, 1933
- Home of record
- Darlington, South Carolina (Darlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1967; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 31
- WILLIAM CAREY JANESSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
- HORATIO LEE JONESSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
- WILLIAM COY JONESSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
- BERNARD PHILLIP MEINEN JRSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DANNY JAY FISHERPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 30
From Darlington
- WALTER WAYNE LEWISLance Corporal · November 6, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPHLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- HARLEY FRANKLIN GRIGGSStaff Sergeant · April 23, 1968
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN JACKSONSpecialist Four · March 13, 1970
- WILLIAM ARNOLD NORWOODCorporal · March 16, 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.