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LEROY WALLACE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 16, 1947 – May 14, 1970
Service recordLeroy Wallace, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 44
- KENT CHILDS TAYLORSpecialist Four · May 14, 1970
- KENNETH MARION WALLS JRSpecialist Four · May 14, 1970
- DOYLE WAYNE WEAVERLance Corporal · May 14, 1970
- CLEVELAND GYE WYNDERStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOSEPH PETELAPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 42
- SILVESTRE MARTINEZ RIVERASergeant · Panel 10W, Line 43
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.