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LEROY W PEAGLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 14, 1941 – January 27, 1967
Service recordLeroy W Peagler, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 14, 1941
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 88
- LAVLE JIMMY HALLLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- FRANK MOSS RHODESCorporal · January 27, 1967
- ROBERT GLENN ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- THOMAS QUICHOCHO SABLANStaff Sergeant · January 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH PHILLIP ARRINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 84
- JOHN FRANCIS BANKOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 84
- JOSE JULIO BOYLESSPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 85
- RICHARD JOHN MOSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 87
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.