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LEROY KOLB JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 26, 1944 – April 9, 1966
Service recordLeroy Kolb JR, of Ft Smith, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 95
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Ft Smith, Arkansas (Sebastian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 95
- RALPH STANLEY KOROLZYKPrivate First Class · April 9, 1966
- THOMAS WILSON MUIRSergeant · April 9, 1966
- JIMMY ROLLINGSCorporal · April 9, 1966
- HARRY DONALD WOODARDSpecialist Four · April 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RALPH STANLEY KOROLZYKPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 95
- HARRY DONALD WOODARDSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 95
From Ft Smith
- KARL EDWARD WORSTCaptain · March 2, 1966
- RICHARD ALLAN MORANLieutenant Commander · August 7, 1966
- MARVIN RAY COLEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- CHARLES EUGENE METCALFSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- DANNY RAY WESTPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD RICEPrivate · July 28, 1968
- LEDELL JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- WILLIAM ANTHONY HANNAPetty Officer Second Class · February 28, 1969
- ELBERT JAMES SAULSSergeant First Class · March 14, 1969
- ROY ARNOLD WOMACKSergeant · March 30, 1969
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.