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LEROY PRESTON BOHRER
Major · U.S. Air Force
August 17, 1927 – March 9, 1967
Service recordLeroy Preston Bohrer, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 9, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 43
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 17, 1927
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 43
- GEORGE JOSEPH BOJARSKIPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- PRENTICE FAY BRENTONStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- JOHN MITTCHEL BRONKEMAPetty Officer Second Class · March 9, 1967
- CHARLES PAUL BROWNPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
From Arlington
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONESAirman First Class · February 27, 1967
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- CHARLES LATTIMORE JRSergeant · April 11, 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.