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WALTER DARYLE LEACH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 9, 1946 – December 1, 1966
Service recordWalter Daryle Leach, of Yakima, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Yakima, Washington (Yakima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 56 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 1
- GEORGE LOUIS GAVARIASpecialist Five · December 1, 1966
- GARY LUMPKINPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- ALLAN JOSEPH NELSON JRPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- LUIS ANTONIO RAMIREZLance Corporal · December 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GARY LUMPKINPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 1
- WILLIAM LEE WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 2
From Yakima
- LARRY BYRON MCCLANAHANPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- PATRICK SPIKER JRStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1965
- DAVID ROSS FAULCONERPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- RODNEY RICHARD WEEDSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- LLOYD PALMER STEARNSSergeant · April 8, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS ZYPHSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- RICHARD SAMUEL GINDERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- VERNON LEE LEUNINGWarrant Officer 1 · March 4, 1968
- GARY LEWIS COLOMBOCorporal · March 6, 1968
- ROBERT DONALD MARCOLance Corporal · April 10, 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.