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RONALD JAMES LEAKE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 29, 1947 – January 7, 1969
Service recordRonald James Leake JR, of Glendora, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 48
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Glendora, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 48
- RUSSELL JAMES E HEVERNLance Corporal · January 7, 1969
- GLENN EDWARD HOBART IIISergeant · January 7, 1969
- VINCENT LAWRENCE JACOBSFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1969
- JAMES ALLEN LONGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL JAMES FLAHERTYPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 47
- DAVID EIDNES GAARDERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 47
- JAMES ALLEN LONGSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 48
From Glendora
- HAROLD LEE TALLEYPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- FREDERICK R WILLARD JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS CUMMINGS JRSergeant · December 7, 1967
- LARRY MICHAEL SMITHPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- STEVEN ROBERT ROWLESSpecialist Four · January 16, 1969
- ANDREW MICHAEL KUEBELLance Corporal · April 11, 1969
- CHARLES LEWIS LIPTAKPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- NICHOLAS GABRIEL SAUNDERSWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 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.