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ROMAN HENRY LEICHT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 12, 1949 – March 29, 1969
Service recordRoman Henry Leicht, of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 29, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 82
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Sheboygan, Wisconsin (Sheboygan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 82
- LARRY KEITH HOCUTTPrivate · March 29, 1969
- FRANK LESLIE KECKPrivate First Class · March 29, 1969
- ROBERT DEAN LAUBERCorporal · March 29, 1969
- MARIO ROBERT LEONPrivate First Class · March 29, 1969
From Sheboygan
- DAVID JOHN WICK WIDDERCaptain · March 24, 1965
- LESTER OSCAR BIEHL JRConstructionman · September 2, 1965
- TERRENCE JAY FREUNDPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1966
- DUANE ARLEN VOGELCorporal · December 23, 1966
- ARLEIGH FRANCIS FELCHSergeant · August 5, 1967
- EUGENE JOHN PLIERSergeant First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANDREW J MILLERSergeant · November 24, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS GALLAGHERChief Petty Officer · February 6, 1968
- JEROME E GRUNEWALDPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- DONALD JOSEPH RICHTERCorporal · March 26, 1969
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.