Leon Beard
Specialist Four
B CO, 2ND BN, 5TH CAVALRY, 1ST CAV DIV, USARV
Army of the United States
Marion, Kentucky
March 27, 1947 to March 09, 1969
LEON BEARD is on the Wall at Panel W30, Line 84

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Leon Beard
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26 Jan 2006

Leon and I were High School classmates and friends. He is not forgotten.

"War drew us from our homeland
In the sunlit springtime of our youth.
Those who did not come back alive
remain in perpetual springtime

-- forever young --

And a part of them is with us always."
- Author unknown -

Les Johnson
lbj47@yahoo.com


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

On 09 March 1969 two companies from the 1st Cavalry Division were engaged in the "Angel's Wing" area along the Cambodian border in Tay Ninh Province. Thirteen US soldiers died in the engagement:
  • B Co, 2nd Bn, 5th Cavalry:
    • 1LT Jesse B. Stevenson, Layton, UT
    • SGT Richard A. Lameiras, Cambridge, MA
    • SGT Calvin Norman, Tampa, FL
    • SP4 Leon Beard, Marion, KY
    • CPL Randy R. Boykins, Phoenix, AZ
    • CPL David J. Hordern, New York, NY
    • CPL Michael P. O'Connor, Troy, NY
    • CPL Douglas N. Rowe, Pocatello, ID
    • PFC Alton L. Ellis, Lakeland, FL
    • PFC Steven C. Erbentraut, Springfield, MA (Bronze Star "V")
    • PFC Donald L. Shirley, Ridgely, TN

  • B Co, 2nd Bn, 7th Cavalry:
    • SP4 Huey Williams, Shreveport, LA
    • PFC Lester Danchetz, Rahway, NJ

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