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VICTOR LEROY AUSTIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 22, 1945 – December 29, 1968
Service recordVictor Leroy Austin, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Kalamazoo, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1968; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 1
- CLIFTON CARDELL THORNCorporal · December 28, 1968
- JOSEPH RICHARD TWIGG JRPrivate First Class · December 28, 1968
- CLARENCE LEON WELSCH JRCorporal · December 28, 1968
- JAMES GREER WRIGHT SRSergeant First Class · December 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- AARON ANDRE BARNES JRSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 2
- BARRY DEAN KINGMANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 5
- EUGENE LE ROY RATHMANNSecond Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 6
- RONALD EUGENE ROBERTSSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 6
From Kalamazoo
- KONSTANTINS ADOLFS LUBAVSCaptain · February 7, 1966
- RONALD WAYNE HOBBSSpecialist Four · February 12, 1966
- STANLEY CLAUS CAMPBELLPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1966
- JAMES EDWARDS GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1966
- WOODROW JOHN MUELLERSpecialist Four · March 9, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY CROSSMANPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENS JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- GERRIT JOHN SCHOUWBURGSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK CASSIDYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1967
- DAVID HARM ESMANSpecialist Four · August 28, 1967
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.