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THEODORE RICHARD LEIGHTON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 14, 1945 – January 27, 1970
Service recordTheodore Richard Leighton, of East Lansing, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1970, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 72
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 14, 1945
- Home of record
- East Lansing, Michigan (Ingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1970; two of them were lost in An Xugen Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 72
- WESLEY WOMBLE CARROLL IIIWarrant Officer 1 · January 27, 1970
- GARY LEE HOBBSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1970
- JACKEY VAN KNIGHTENPrivate First Class · January 27, 1970
- JOSEPH VERNE OLSZEWSKIFireman · January 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WESLEY WOMBLE CARROLL IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14W, Line 72
From East Lansing
- GEOFFREY EMMONS GREENFirst Lieutenant · September 8, 1965
- JAMES PHILLIP LACLEARPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CANTLON JRPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- DOUGLAS J MILLERSergeant · December 10, 1966
- VERNON CHARLES WILDERSPINSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- CRAIG GEOFFREY KNOBLOCHPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- NORMAN ALAN FREDASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1969
- ASA PARKER GRAY JRColonel · May 13, 1969
- LEO FRANCIS HARTSUFFSergeant · September 7, 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.