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LEROY RUTHERFORD
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 1, 1946 – September 3, 1969
Service recordLeroy Rutherford, of Burlington, Vermont, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 30
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Burlington, Vermont (Chittenden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 30
- BEN FREDERICK SUTTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 3, 1969
- ALLEN JOHN VANFREDENBERGSergeant · September 3, 1969
- CHARLES BUTNER WALKER JRLance Corporal · September 3, 1969
- TROY LEE WALKERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL MILTON COXSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 27
- NEAL DAVID EPIFANIOSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 27
- GARY LEE EVANSSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 27
- LEN MARTIN HANAWALDLieutenant Colonel · Panel 18W, Line 28
- CARL PATRICK HUGHESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 28
- ALAN CARSON MANESSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 18W, Line 28
- RICHARD CHARLES MILLERCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 29
- LOUIS TRENT MILLSPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 29
- MARVIN EDMUND SCREENSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 29
- BEN FREDERICK SUTTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 18W, Line 30
From Burlington
- JOHN WILTON VANDEVENTERFirst Lieutenant · April 23, 1967
- EDWARD AUSTIN MCKENZIEPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- LOUIS WELDON WASHINGTONPrivate · October 26, 1968
- KENNETH DEAN BAILEYCaptain · March 22, 1969
- BERNARD FREDRICK RITCHIELance Corporal · April 21, 1969
- HARMON JOSEPH BOVE JRCorporal · March 4, 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.