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NORMAN ALEXIUS LEIKAM
Major · U.S. Army
June 2, 1932 – October 23, 1965
Service recordNorman Alexius Leikam, of Hays, Kansas, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 132
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 2, 1932
- Home of record
- Hays, Kansas (Ellis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1965
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 132
- JOHN WEGER JRCaptain · October 22, 1965
- LEANDER GRIFFINSergeant · October 23, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE PETERSPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
From Hays
- GARY LEE BINDERConstructionman · October 13, 1967
- OLIS RAY RIGBYSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- JAMES EARL HESKETTSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- ROBERT LEE URBANPrivate First Class · October 8, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE KLAUSCorporal · February 8, 1969
- CHARLES WALTER MALONEMajor · October 5, 1969
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.