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PERRY ANDRE LECLERC
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 1, 1942 – May 3, 1970
Service recordPerry Andre Leclerc, of Central Point, Oregon, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 92
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electrician (68F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 1, 1942
- Home of record
- Central Point, Oregon (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1970; six of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 92
- JOHN LEWIS KOTORASergeant · May 3, 1970
- ARTHUR ELVIN LACHANCEStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
- ERNEST REGINALD LASHER JRSpecialist Four · May 3, 1970
- RANDALL SCOTT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
From Central Point
- JOHN MERTON BOYCELance Corporal · March 2, 1968
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.