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WILLIAM E LEATHERWOOD JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 29, 1940 – February 17, 1966
Service recordWilliam E Leatherwood JR, of Carrollton, Alabama, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- January 29, 1940
- Home of record
- Carrollton, Alabama (Pickens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 42
- BOBBY GENE JOHNSONSergeant · February 17, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD LEESpecialist Four · February 17, 1966
- JUAN ANTONIO LOPEZ-COLONPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 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.