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ROGER GORDON LEADBETTER
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 2, 1946 – February 10, 1968
Service recordRoger Gordon Leadbetter, of Visalia, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 10, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 69
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Visalia, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 69
- MICHAEL PATRICK ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- FRANCIS KAIRAITISSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- GENE DOUGLAS KILLGORELance Corporal · February 10, 1968
- WALTER B MAKSYMIWSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
From Visalia
- DANNY DAVID DYESpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- ALONZO DALE WOODSSergeant · May 2, 1967
- REYNALDO B FLOREZPrivate First Class · June 26, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS KELLERStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1968
- LOUR LEDESMASergeant · April 23, 1968
- MICHAEL MALLORY MONTGOMERYCorporal · May 5, 1968
- PHILLIP SHERMAN MOHNIKEChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 27, 1969
- CHARLES BENNY HIGHTPrivate · May 1, 1969
- LAWRENCE ROBERT WARFSpecialist Four · January 3, 1970
- FLOYD DANIEL WIMERSergeant · January 27, 1970
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.