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THEODORE EDWARD LEYDE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 8, 1949 – May 6, 1968
Service recordTheodore Edward Leyde, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 11
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 8, 1949
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 11
- MICHAEL JOHN KUSTIGIANChief Petty Officer · May 5, 1968
- JIMMIE ALVIN FANCHERStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- TERRENCE EUGENE KOHLBECKSergeant · May 6, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW MARTINEZSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD EUGENE BAIRDSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 38
- EDWARD LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 1
- BRIAN JEFFREY CANNADAPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 2
- JAMES LEE CLARKSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 3
- BRUCE NORMAN HUFFFirst Lieutenant · Panel 56E, Line 9
- ORVAL WADE MCLEARYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 56E, Line 13
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.