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ROGER RAY LEASER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 26, 1948 – January 9, 1970
Service recordRoger Ray Leaser, of Eckerty, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 19
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Eckerty, Indiana (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1970; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 19
- GERALD ARTHUR JACKSONSecond Lieutenant · January 9, 1970
- JERRY ALLAN KAYSPrivate First Class · January 9, 1970
- CHARLES WILLIAM KLANCKESergeant · January 9, 1970
- TEDD MCCLUNE LEWISMajor · January 9, 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.