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RAY ALLEN LEACH
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 6, 1923 – August 12, 1967
Service recordRay Allen Leach, of Long Reach, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 6, 1923
- Home of record
- Long Reach, West Virginia (Tyler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1967
- Age
- 44
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 105
- ROBERTO MANDOZA RAMIREZCorporal · August 12, 1967
- EDWARD D RANDAZZOPrivate First Class · August 12, 1967
- LEONARD STANLEY SCOTT JRSpecialist Four · August 12, 1967
- JESUS YANEZ JRCorporal · August 12, 1967
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.