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LEROY TOWNES
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 21, 1948 – April 16, 1968
Service recordLeroy Townes, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 23
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
- Artillery Mechanic (45F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- February 21, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 23
- NORMAN WESLEY TARPLEYSpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- LARRY DEAN WARRENPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- NATHAN WASH JRStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES WELLS JRPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.