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VYRL EUGENE LEICHLITER JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 6, 1947 – June 10, 1970
Service recordVyrl Eugene Leichliter JR, of Mclean, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 39
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Mclean, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 39
- JERRY LEE HURLEYStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1970
- JOHN WADE LONG JRCorporal · June 10, 1970
- WILLIE EDWARD MACKLance Corporal · June 10, 1970
- JOHN FRANCIS MALONEY JRSpecialist Four · June 10, 1970
From Mclean
- SIDNEY B MACLEOD JRCorporal · May 9, 1968
- JOHN ALLEN JENKINS IIISergeant · September 25, 1968
- BRUCE JOEL DUNHAMSergeant · June 9, 1969
- DAVID DAWSON PEPPIN JRPrivate First Class · July 10, 1969
- CHARLES RICHARD MCNULTYStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1970
- PETER CHARLES FORAMEFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 1971
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.