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LEROY MCKEEVER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 15, 1947 – May 18, 1968
Service recordLeroy McKeever, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 21
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 15, 1947
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 21
- VINCENT DUNCAN MONROECommander · May 18, 1968
- GILBERT HOWARD MUNCYLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- RAYMOND VERNON NORAPrivate · May 18, 1968
- ROLAND ROBERT OBENLANDCaptain · May 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOE DEAN HELVEYMaster Sergeant · Panel 62E, Line 18
- DOUGLAS ALEXANDER WALKERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 63E, Line 3
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.