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WILLIAM LEON LOGAN
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
November 10, 1937 – August 10, 1971
Service recordWilliam Leon Logan, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 10, 1971, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 128
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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utilitiesman (UT)
- Born
- November 10, 1937
- Home of record
- Council Bluffs, Iowa (Pottawattamie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1971
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1971; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 128
- NATHANIAL CARL MATTHEWSSpecialist Five · August 10, 1971
- WILLARD FRANCIS PAYNEStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1971
- PETER JOSEPH GAUVINPrivate · August 11, 1971
- VIRGIL JAY BATES JRSergeant · August 23, 1971
From Council Bluffs
- MELVIN JOSEPH KILLIANColonel · September 30, 1965
- PHILLIP HARRY GREGOPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- LEONARD LLOYD MCQUINN JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- PAUL FRANK WIDTFELDT JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- DENNIS RAY JENSENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- RAYMOND HENRY KNIGHTSpecialist Five · March 25, 1967
- CLIFFORD DALE NELSONMajor · July 25, 1967
- LOUIS NEWTON COOLEY JRLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN IVESPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- KENNETH CARL BAXTERLance Corporal · May 1, 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.