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ROY HAMILTON LEACH
Private · U.S. Army
January 21, 1948 – August 30, 1967
Service recordRoy Hamilton Leach, of Decatur, Georgia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Decatur, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 69
- BENJAMIN EDWARD KELLY JRCaptain · August 30, 1967
- RALPH MAX KNIGHTSergeant · August 30, 1967
- TERRENCE JOSEPH KUDROPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- HOWARD S LINDECAMP JRSpecialist Four · August 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TOM JAY BAGENSTOSEPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 67
- DOUGLAS COATSPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 67
- BENJAMIN D COY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 68
- TERRENCE JOSEPH KUDROPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 69
- ROBERT WEST MORGANPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 70
- VAUGHAN SHAW MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 70
- JOHN JOSEPH PINDERPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 71
- CHARLES ROBERT WILKERSONSergeant First Class · Panel 25E, Line 72
From Decatur
- HARRY SANFORD EDWARDS JRLieutenant Commander · October 20, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD MCRAELieutenant Commander · December 2, 1966
- CHARLES RICHARD GUTTILLAFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1967
- VIRGIL STANLEY JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JOSEPH CHAMPIONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITTSergeant · June 3, 1967
- EARL WELDON WATKINS JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY TURNERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON SHUMATEPrivate · February 19, 1968
- TED DENNIS BRITTPrivate First Class · March 30, 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.