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RICHARD LEYVA
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
November 2, 1946 – May 20, 1967
Service recordRichard Leyva, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 20, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 63
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- November 2, 1946
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 63
- JONATHAN FAYE LOWMANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- BRUCE ARTHUR MANTONPetty Officer Second Class · May 20, 1967
- FREDERICK LUTHER MARCHCorporal · May 20, 1967
From El Paso
- ROBERTO SAMANIEGOCaptain · June 19, 1965
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
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.