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LESLIE LEROY KARNES
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 21, 1938 – February 16, 1971
Service recordLeslie Leroy Karnes, of Sikeston, Missouri, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1971, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 111
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 21, 1938
- Home of record
- Sikeston, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1971
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1971; two of them were lost in Chau Doc Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 111
- RICHARD WRIGHT ELLISONColonel · February 16, 1971
- CHARLES LEE HOSKINSCaptain · February 16, 1971
- MICHAEL RAY HUNTERSpecialist Four · February 16, 1971
- EVELYN FRANKLIN LANKFORDSergeant First Class · February 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD WRIGHT ELLISONColonel · Panel 5W, Line 111
From Sikeston
- WAYNE HYDEPrivate · June 4, 1966
- MICHAEL KENNETH BOARDMANLance Corporal · July 19, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WYATTStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1968
- RONALD DENNIS SLAYTONSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- CLARENCE DEAN RUSSELLSergeant · February 23, 1969
- VIRGIL BURKS JRPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
- CLARENCE WAYNE TEMPLETONCorporal · April 15, 1970
- ALAN HILL JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1970
- CURTERS JOSEPH BURNETTPrivate · November 21, 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.