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RICHARD STEPHEN LEACH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 16, 1949 – November 11, 1969
Service recordRichard Stephen Leach, of Springfield, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Springfield, Ohio (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1969; seven of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 58
- CHARLES JOSEPH KEITTPrivate First Class · November 11, 1969
- CLEATUS PAUL KIMBLESpecialist Five · November 11, 1969
- DENNIS PAUL LINDSEYStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1969
- WILLIAM F LITTLE IIIFirst Lieutenant · November 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CLARK ROBERT DOUGLASSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 56
- HARRY JOHN JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 56
- CHARLES JOSEPH KEITTPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 58
- EDWARD WESLEY MCCARTYPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 59
- WILLIE EDWARD MCINTOSHPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 59
- ROGER LEE TALLMANSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 60
From Springfield
- LEROY EUGENE SIMONSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- DONALD RAY BRYANTCaptain · June 27, 1966
- FREDERICK ALLEN WATHENSeaman Apprentice · July 13, 1966
- DOUGLAS BOYD HADDIXCorporal · August 10, 1966
- TERRY LEE WALLSCorporal · November 5, 1966
- STEVEN JACK ADAMSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- CARL FRANCIS MOWERYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- STEVEN RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1967
- JOSEPH CROSSLEYSergeant · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD RAYMOND BEANLance Corporal · May 9, 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.