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LESLIE JON TEGTMEIER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 24, 1944 – August 8, 1968
Service recordLeslie Jon Tegtmeier, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 33
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 33
- RICHARD ARTHUR OVAITTWarrant Officer 1 · August 8, 1968
- ALLEN JOHN PRETNARCorporal · August 8, 1968
- PAUL ROSS SAVACOOL JRPrivate · August 8, 1968
- MYRON THOMPSONSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DEAN BUSBYSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 28
- EDDIE DISMAYA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 29
- HERBERT E ILGENFRITZ JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 30
- JOHN ANDREW JABLONSKISergeant · Panel 49W, Line 31
- ZACHARY PHILLIP NEWPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 32
- ALLEN JOHN PRETNARCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 33
- PAUL ROSS SAVACOOL JRPrivate · Panel 49W, Line 33
- ALAN DALE TRUCANOSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 34
- JAMES MICHAEL WALSHSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 34
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.