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LESLIE DEWAYNE CROUSE
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
September 25, 1931 – August 31, 1968
Service recordLeslie Dewayne Crouse, of Ft Dodge, Iowa, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 13
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. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1931
- Home of record
- Ft Dodge, Iowa (Webster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 13
- REX GORDON CHRISMANPrivate First Class · August 31, 1968
- JOHN CLAYTON DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · August 31, 1968
- WALTER SCOTT DAVISSpecialist Four · August 31, 1968
- PETER MICHAEL DONOVANLance Corporal · August 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WALTER SCOTT DAVISSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 13
- RAYMOND KERMIT HONAKER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 14
From Ft Dodge
- TERRENCE HASTINGS GRIFFEYFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1966
- DONALD KAY LAKEYSergeant · November 1, 1966
- DONALD HENRY HOLMSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- ROGER LEWIS OLSONHospitalman · March 26, 1968
- RICHARD T FLATTERY JRFirst Lieutenant · May 20, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN FLESKESConstructionman · August 23, 1968
- WILLIAM LEE PETERS JRFirst Lieutenant · June 21, 1969
- WILLIAM HARRISON PEASESpecialist Four · April 16, 1970
- TIMOTHY LEE GREENSergeant · May 7, 1970
- DARYL DAVID SHONKACorporal · August 5, 1970
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.