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LEROY WARREN POPPEMA
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
April 11, 1946 – May 16, 1968
Service recordLeroy Warren Poppema, of Hospers, Iowa, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 17
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- April 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Hospers, Iowa (Sioux County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 17
- LARRY DELTON PHELPSSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- JOHN DAVID PONDERLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
- HARRY LEE RILEY JRPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- FREDERICK LEO ROHANPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
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.