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WILLIAM EDWARD LEACH
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 3, 1947 – May 23, 1970
Service recordWilliam Edward Leach, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 86
- LARRIE JOHN LANDERSHEIMWarrant Officer 1 · May 23, 1970
- LARRY ALLAN MAYSergeant · May 23, 1970
- PETER JOSEPH MCCOYPrivate First Class · May 23, 1970
- EUGENE STUART MILLERCaptain · May 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE FRANCIS BARRY JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 83
- ALAN HARRY GROSSCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 85
- JAMES WILLIAM HESSINGCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 85
- MICHAEL STEVEN JETTSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 85
- LARRIE JOHN LANDERSHEIMWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 86
- LARRY ALLAN MAYSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 86
- EUGENE STUART MILLERCaptain · Panel 10W, Line 86
- STEPHEN JOHN PERKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 87
- CECIL CLAYTON SCHOFIELDSergeant First Class · Panel 10W, Line 88
- WILLIAM H VAUGHT IIISergeant · Panel 10W, Line 88
- FRANK T VERLIHAY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 88
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.