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WALLACE WILSON LEEPER
Chief Warrant Officer 3 · U.S. Army
April 24, 1947 – December 2, 1967
Service recordWallace Wilson Leeper, of Wellington, Colorado, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Army. He was lost on December 2, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 24
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Wellington, Colorado (Larimer County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 2, 1967
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1967; four of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 24
- THOMAS LEANDRA HERRINGPrivate First Class · December 2, 1967
- RICHARD ALTON HOLLOWAYSpecialist Four · December 2, 1967
- SAMUEL HENRY HOWARDSergeant First Class · December 2, 1967
- DAVID A KREITZERChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALEXANDER CROSBYStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 23
- FLOYD WAYNE STRANGEChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 31E, Line 25
- MANUEL JESUS MOREIDAStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 26
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.