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TERRY FRANKLIN LEAZER
Fireman · U.S. Navy
December 2, 1946 – May 24, 1967
Service recordTerry Franklin Leazer, of Seymour, Iowa, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 24, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 96
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- December 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Seymour, Iowa (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 96
- GEORGE DIKER JRLance Corporal · May 24, 1967
- JAMES LEE KACHLINESpecialist Four · May 24, 1967
- MICHAEL STEVEN LYLEPrivate · May 24, 1967
- GARY MURRAYSpecialist Four · May 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROY LEE CASTLEBERRYPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 20E, Line 94
- MICHAEL COURTNEY QUINNSeaman · Panel 20E, Line 98
- CHARLES DON WITTLieutenant · Panel 20E, Line 99
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.