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LEROY W KATTERHENRY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 1, 1947 – March 15, 1968
Service recordLeroy W Katterhenry JR, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 60
- EDWARD ARTHUR LIONETTACorporal · March 15, 1968
- STEVEN ALFRED MIDDLETONSergeant · March 15, 1968
- RONALD LEE WRIGHTCorporal · March 15, 1968
- PAUL AARON YOUNGSpecialist Four · March 15, 1968
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.