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First Name: Leland
Last Name: Mccants
Birthplace:
Gender: Male
Branch: Army (1784 - present)
Home of Record: Alexandria, VA |
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Middle Name: Stanford
Date of Birth: 31 October 1948
Date of Death: 30 December 1968 (Presumed)
MIA Date: 30 December 1968
Rank: First Lieutenant
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Leland S Mccants III
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Engagements: • Vietnam War (1960 - 1973)
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Biography:
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Son of a career U.S. Air Force Officer.
Vietnam War service. Assigned to Battery "B," 3d Battalion, 34th Field Artillery Regiment, 9th Infantry Division (Old Reliables) attached as a Forward Observer to an Infantry Battalion. Missing in action while saving a fellow soldier during a river crossing. Remains not recovered.
Remembered with his name chiseled into a stone bench beneath a Gold Star at the Captain Rocky Versace Plaza and Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Alexandria, VA.
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Honoree ID: 263310 |
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