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THOMAS LEEK JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 25, 1945 – October 28, 1966
Service recordThomas Leek JR, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 123
- J C LOVESpecialist Four · October 28, 1966
- KENNETH LYNN MADDYPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- ROBERT LEE MARTINEZSpecialist Four · October 28, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD MCCLELLANDSergeant · October 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- AARON DAVIS COWANSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 121
- PAUL DANIEL GUIMONDPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 122
- ROBERT LEE MARTINEZSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 123
- WENDELL LEWIS WILSONSergeant · Panel 11E, Line 125
- GLEN HARRY YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 125
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.