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ROBERT VOYD LEECH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 19, 1945 – July 29, 1966
Service recordRobert Voyd Leech, of Unionville, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Unionville, Missouri (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 87
- WILLIAM RAY GOWERCaptain · July 29, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- ROBERT EUGENE HOSKINSONColonel · July 29, 1966
- DELMER LEE LAWSSergeant First Class · July 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JUAN DUENAS CEPEDASergeant · Panel 9E, Line 85
- CLAYTON J LUTHERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 85
From Unionville
- LLOYD EARL VALENTINESergeant · September 5, 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.