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MICHAEL WAYNE LEIF
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 7, 1949 – December 7, 1969
Service recordMichael Wayne Leif, of Lynn Center, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 37
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Lynn Center, Illinois (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 37
- WEBB HERMAN LAYTON JRStaff Sergeant · December 7, 1969
- JERRY DON PATTONPrivate First Class · December 7, 1969
- KENNETH ALAN RICHEYSergeant · December 7, 1969
- HOWARD EUGENE WILLIAMS JRStaff Sergeant · December 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL ROSS FANKBONERPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 35
- THOMAS PATRICK GILL IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 36
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.