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LESLIE RAY SLOAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 3, 1946 – December 9, 1967
Service recordLeslie Ray Sloan, of Redlands, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Redlands, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1967; four of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 70
- LESTER LEON PELHAMSergeant · December 9, 1967
- GARY WAYNE PETERSONPrivate First Class · December 9, 1967
- FELIX DOHALTAHE BEGAYEPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE BIRCHCorporal · December 10, 1967
- JOHN NISHIMURAPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLYDE RALPH COBURNCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 68
- LLOYD ALVAN DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 68
- GEORGE WASHINGTON NELSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 69
From Redlands
- TIM A NOEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- CRAIG STEPHEN VAUGHTSpecialist Four · February 22, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH GARCIAPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- GEORGE ANDREW CERVANTESLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES HUGHESSpecialist Four · November 23, 1967
- MICHAEL LYNN ALFORDSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
- ALBERT F OBANNON JRSergeant · May 8, 1968
- DONALD LEE BRUCKARTSeaman · March 31, 1969
- STEPHEN LORD ROBERTSSpecialist Four · June 4, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER W MORGENSFirst Lieutenant · November 8, 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.