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LESLIE FRED SHENK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 11, 1949 – November 10, 1969
Service recordLeslie Fred Shenk, of Holtwood, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Holtwood, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 54
- EARL THOMAS PEARSON JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1969
- ROBERT PETER QUERYPrivate First Class · November 10, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES SALISBURYSergeant First Class · November 10, 1969
- DANIEL JEFFREY SMITHSpecialist Four · November 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR JOHN CASTILLOCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 52
- ROBERT PETER QUERYPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 54
- RAUL JOHN VARGASPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 55
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.