IOWA MAJOR KILLED IN VIET
FORT DODGE, IA - Maj. Leslie D. Crouse, 36, was killed in action in Vietnam fighting Saturday, his mother, Mrs. Arthur Kallansrud, of Fort Dodge, was informed Monday. She said he was killed when a mortar shell exploded in his barracks.
Besides his mother, survivors include his wife, Mary, living at Anchorage; three sons: John, 17; DeWayne, 13; and William, 11; a daughter, Marjorie, 15; a brother, Charles Crouse of West Plains, MO; a sister, Mrs. Sy (Marjorie) Berg of Thousand Oaks, Calif.; and two half-brothers, Airman Arthur Kallansrud, stationed at Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Ill., and Earl Kallansrud, 16, at home with his mother.
Source: The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, Iowa) 03 Sep 1968, Tues. Page 6
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U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Leslie Dewayne Crouse
Service Info.: LTC US ARMY KOREA, VIETNAM
Birth Date: 25 Sep 1931
Death Date: 31 Aug 1968
Service Start Date: 1 Dec 1947
Interment Date: 20 Jan 1976
Cemetery: Fort Richardson National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: P. O. Box 5-498 Building 997, Davis Highway Fort Richardson, AK 99505
Buried At: Section E Site 1120
Social Security Death Index
Name: Leslie Crouse
Born: 25 Sep 1931
Died: Aug 1968
State (Year) SSN issued: Iowa (Before 1951)
U.S. Army Personnel and Dependent Casualties, 1961-1981
Name: Leslie D Crouse
Birth Date: 1931
Home State: Alaska
Casualty Country: Republic of Vietnam
Casualty Category: Battle Dead
Casualty Status: Hostile
Dead: Killed Out-right
Casualty Date: 31 Aug 1968
Cause of Death: Not Booby Trap Connected: None of the Above; Artillery/mortar
Report Date: 31 Aug 1968
Division: 4th Inf Div
Personnel Category: Active Duty Army
Military Class: Officers
Rank: Major
Vietnam War: U.S. Military Casualties, 1956-1998
Name: Leslie Dewayne Crouse
Birth Date: 25 Sep 1931
Death Date: 31 Aug 1968
Home City: Fort Dodge; Home State: Iowa
Death Date: 31 Aug 1968
Casualty Country: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Tour Start Date: 9 Jan 1968
Service Branch: Department of the Army
Component: Reserve (USAR, USNR, USAFR, USMCR, USCGR)
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Military Grade: Lieutenant Colonel
Pay Grade: Major (U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps) or Lieutenant Commander (U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard)
Company: HHB; Regiment: 29th Arty; Battalion: 6th Bn; Province: 06
Decoration: Not Available
CN: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Service Occupation: 5119
Data Source: Coffelt Database
Source: Ancestry.com Family Tree of Margery Crouse
Name: Leslie DeWayne Crouse
Birth: 27 Sep 1931 - Fort Dodge, Iowa
Death: 31 Aug 1968 - Dak Seang, Vietnam
Father: Orville L Crouse (1902-1946)
Mother: Evelyn M Bock Crouse (1910-1978)
Spouse: Nellie Marie Ross (1927-1961)
Children:
Marjorie Ann (1952-2016)
DeWayne "Doc" (-)
James (-)
William "Bill" Louis (1957-2002)
FORT DODGE, IA - Maj. Leslie D. Crouse, 36, was killed in action in Vietnam fighting Saturday, his mother, Mrs. Arthur Kallansrud, of Fort Dodge, was informed Monday. She said he was killed when a mortar shell exploded in his barracks.
Besides his mother, survivors include his wife, Mary, living at Anchorage; three sons: John, 17; DeWayne, 13; and William, 11; a daughter, Marjorie, 15; a brother, Charles Crouse of West Plains, MO; a sister, Mrs. Sy (Marjorie) Berg of Thousand Oaks, Calif.; and two half-brothers, Airman Arthur Kallansrud, stationed at Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Ill., and Earl Kallansrud, 16, at home with his mother.
Source: The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, Iowa) 03 Sep 1968, Tues. Page 6
___________________________________________
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Leslie Dewayne Crouse
Service Info.: LTC US ARMY KOREA, VIETNAM
Birth Date: 25 Sep 1931
Death Date: 31 Aug 1968
Service Start Date: 1 Dec 1947
Interment Date: 20 Jan 1976
Cemetery: Fort Richardson National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: P. O. Box 5-498 Building 997, Davis Highway Fort Richardson, AK 99505
Buried At: Section E Site 1120
Social Security Death Index
Name: Leslie Crouse
Born: 25 Sep 1931
Died: Aug 1968
State (Year) SSN issued: Iowa (Before 1951)
U.S. Army Personnel and Dependent Casualties, 1961-1981
Name: Leslie D Crouse
Birth Date: 1931
Home State: Alaska
Casualty Country: Republic of Vietnam
Casualty Category: Battle Dead
Casualty Status: Hostile
Dead: Killed Out-right
Casualty Date: 31 Aug 1968
Cause of Death: Not Booby Trap Connected: None of the Above; Artillery/mortar
Report Date: 31 Aug 1968
Division: 4th Inf Div
Personnel Category: Active Duty Army
Military Class: Officers
Rank: Major
Vietnam War: U.S. Military Casualties, 1956-1998
Name: Leslie Dewayne Crouse
Birth Date: 25 Sep 1931
Death Date: 31 Aug 1968
Home City: Fort Dodge; Home State: Iowa
Death Date: 31 Aug 1968
Casualty Country: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Tour Start Date: 9 Jan 1968
Service Branch: Department of the Army
Component: Reserve (USAR, USNR, USAFR, USMCR, USCGR)
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Military Grade: Lieutenant Colonel
Pay Grade: Major (U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps) or Lieutenant Commander (U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard)
Company: HHB; Regiment: 29th Arty; Battalion: 6th Bn; Province: 06
Decoration: Not Available
CN: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Service Occupation: 5119
Data Source: Coffelt Database
Source: Ancestry.com Family Tree of Margery Crouse
Name: Leslie DeWayne Crouse
Birth: 27 Sep 1931 - Fort Dodge, Iowa
Death: 31 Aug 1968 - Dak Seang, Vietnam
Father: Orville L Crouse (1902-1946)
Mother: Evelyn M Bock Crouse (1910-1978)
Spouse: Nellie Marie Ross (1927-1961)
Children:
Marjorie Ann (1952-2016)
DeWayne "Doc" (-)
James (-)
William "Bill" Louis (1957-2002)
IOWA MAJOR KILLED IN VIET
FORT DODGE, IA - Maj. Leslie D. Crouse, 36, was killed in action in Vietnam fighting Saturday, his mother, Mrs. Arthur Kallansrud, of Fort Dodge, was informed Monday. She said he was killed when a mortar shell exploded in his barracks.
Besides his mother, survivors include his wife, Mary, living at Anchorage; three sons: John, 17; DeWayne, 13; and William, 11; a daughter, Marjorie, 15; a brother, Charles Crouse of West Plains, MO; a sister, Mrs. Sy (Marjorie) Berg of Thousand Oaks, Calif.; and two half-brothers, Airman Arthur Kallansrud, stationed at Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Ill., and Earl Kallansrud, 16, at home with his mother.
Source: The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, Iowa) 03 Sep 1968, Tues. Page 6
___________________________________________
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Leslie Dewayne Crouse
Service Info.: LTC US ARMY KOREA, VIETNAM
Birth Date: 25 Sep 1931
Death Date: 31 Aug 1968
Service Start Date: 1 Dec 1947
Interment Date: 20 Jan 1976
Cemetery: Fort Richardson National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: P. O. Box 5-498 Building 997, Davis Highway Fort Richardson, AK 99505
Buried At: Section E Site 1120
Social Security Death Index
Name: Leslie Crouse
Born: 25 Sep 1931
Died: Aug 1968
State (Year) SSN issued: Iowa (Before 1951)
U.S. Army Personnel and Dependent Casualties, 1961-1981
Name: Leslie D Crouse
Birth Date: 1931
Home State: Alaska
Casualty Country: Republic of Vietnam
Casualty Category: Battle Dead
Casualty Status: Hostile
Dead: Killed Out-right
Casualty Date: 31 Aug 1968
Cause of Death: Not Booby Trap Connected: None of the Above; Artillery/mortar
Report Date: 31 Aug 1968
Division: 4th Inf Div
Personnel Category: Active Duty Army
Military Class: Officers
Rank: Major
Vietnam War: U.S. Military Casualties, 1956-1998
Name: Leslie Dewayne Crouse
Birth Date: 25 Sep 1931
Death Date: 31 Aug 1968
Home City: Fort Dodge; Home State: Iowa
Death Date: 31 Aug 1968
Casualty Country: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Tour Start Date: 9 Jan 1968
Service Branch: Department of the Army
Component: Reserve (USAR, USNR, USAFR, USMCR, USCGR)
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Military Grade: Lieutenant Colonel
Pay Grade: Major (U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps) or Lieutenant Commander (U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard)
Company: HHB; Regiment: 29th Arty; Battalion: 6th Bn; Province: 06
Decoration: Not Available
CN: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Service Occupation: 5119
Data Source: Coffelt Database
Source: Ancestry.com Family Tree of Margery Crouse
Name: Leslie DeWayne Crouse
Birth: 27 Sep 1931 - Fort Dodge, Iowa
Death: 31 Aug 1968 - Dak Seang, Vietnam
Father: Orville L Crouse (1902-1946)
Mother: Evelyn M Bock Crouse (1910-1978)
Spouse: Nellie Marie Ross (1927-1961)
Children:
Marjorie Ann (1952-2016)
DeWayne "Doc" (-)
James (-)
William "Bill" Louis (1957-2002)
FORT DODGE, IA - Maj. Leslie D. Crouse, 36, was killed in action in Vietnam fighting Saturday, his mother, Mrs. Arthur Kallansrud, of Fort Dodge, was informed Monday. She said he was killed when a mortar shell exploded in his barracks.
Besides his mother, survivors include his wife, Mary, living at Anchorage; three sons: John, 17; DeWayne, 13; and William, 11; a daughter, Marjorie, 15; a brother, Charles Crouse of West Plains, MO; a sister, Mrs. Sy (Marjorie) Berg of Thousand Oaks, Calif.; and two half-brothers, Airman Arthur Kallansrud, stationed at Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul, Ill., and Earl Kallansrud, 16, at home with his mother.
Source: The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, Iowa) 03 Sep 1968, Tues. Page 6
___________________________________________
U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Leslie Dewayne Crouse
Service Info.: LTC US ARMY KOREA, VIETNAM
Birth Date: 25 Sep 1931
Death Date: 31 Aug 1968
Service Start Date: 1 Dec 1947
Interment Date: 20 Jan 1976
Cemetery: Fort Richardson National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: P. O. Box 5-498 Building 997, Davis Highway Fort Richardson, AK 99505
Buried At: Section E Site 1120
Social Security Death Index
Name: Leslie Crouse
Born: 25 Sep 1931
Died: Aug 1968
State (Year) SSN issued: Iowa (Before 1951)
U.S. Army Personnel and Dependent Casualties, 1961-1981
Name: Leslie D Crouse
Birth Date: 1931
Home State: Alaska
Casualty Country: Republic of Vietnam
Casualty Category: Battle Dead
Casualty Status: Hostile
Dead: Killed Out-right
Casualty Date: 31 Aug 1968
Cause of Death: Not Booby Trap Connected: None of the Above; Artillery/mortar
Report Date: 31 Aug 1968
Division: 4th Inf Div
Personnel Category: Active Duty Army
Military Class: Officers
Rank: Major
Vietnam War: U.S. Military Casualties, 1956-1998
Name: Leslie Dewayne Crouse
Birth Date: 25 Sep 1931
Death Date: 31 Aug 1968
Home City: Fort Dodge; Home State: Iowa
Death Date: 31 Aug 1968
Casualty Country: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Tour Start Date: 9 Jan 1968
Service Branch: Department of the Army
Component: Reserve (USAR, USNR, USAFR, USMCR, USCGR)
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Military Grade: Lieutenant Colonel
Pay Grade: Major (U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps) or Lieutenant Commander (U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard)
Company: HHB; Regiment: 29th Arty; Battalion: 6th Bn; Province: 06
Decoration: Not Available
CN: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Service Occupation: 5119
Data Source: Coffelt Database
Source: Ancestry.com Family Tree of Margery Crouse
Name: Leslie DeWayne Crouse
Birth: 27 Sep 1931 - Fort Dodge, Iowa
Death: 31 Aug 1968 - Dak Seang, Vietnam
Father: Orville L Crouse (1902-1946)
Mother: Evelyn M Bock Crouse (1910-1978)
Spouse: Nellie Marie Ross (1927-1961)
Children:
Marjorie Ann (1952-2016)
DeWayne "Doc" (-)
James (-)
William "Bill" Louis (1957-2002)
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