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LEROY WOOD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 14, 1949 – July 13, 1968
Service recordLeroy Wood, of Woodville, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 13, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 25
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Woodville, Texas (Tyler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 25
- BOBBY EDWARD REDDSergeant First Class · July 13, 1968
- RUSSELL DEAN SPIEROWSKIPrivate First Class · July 13, 1968
- BRUCE LEE TRUHLERCorporal · July 13, 1968
- JERRY LEE WEAVERLance Corporal · July 13, 1968
From Woodville
- HOLLIS ALLEN WALKERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- ROY CHARLES WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · May 12, 1968
- PETER LOUIS WINTERCorporal · April 1, 1971
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.