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THOMAS EDWARD LEAP JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 6, 1943 – April 9, 1969
Service recordThomas Edward Leap JR, of Kokomo, Indiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 45
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
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Kokomo, Indiana (Howard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 45
- DELMAR CLAUDE DENNISSpecialist Four · April 9, 1969
- RODNEY TAMOTSU FUKUNAGACorporal · April 9, 1969
- NATHANIEL HUDSONSergeant · April 9, 1969
- BRUCE THOMAS KINGFirst Lieutenant · April 9, 1969
From Kokomo
- JOHN PHILLIP FEWELL JRCaptain · January 28, 1966
- DOUGLAS ARTHUR CLESTERCorporal · June 12, 1966
- JERRY LOUIS SPICERStaff Sergeant · February 3, 1967
- BRUCE ALLEN YODERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RONNIE M SNIDERSergeant · August 11, 1967
- LARRY STEPHEN NEWBURNCorporal · August 29, 1967
- STEVEN THOMAS RUNYONLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- LESLIE DAVID MATCHETTSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- RAYMOND BROWNSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- DONALD CHARLES FOUSTSpecialist Five · March 26, 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.