Rank: Sergeant
Unit: L Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11E – Armor Crewman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Meritorious Unit Citation, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 2-Jul-1945
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 10-Aug-1965
Start of tour: 23-Aug-1966
Incident date: 15-Feb-1967
Date of casualty: 15-Feb-1967
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, Died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Leroy M. Borst Jr was passenger in a military vehicle which hit and detonated a hostile mine while on combat operation.
Location of fatality: Long An, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Saint Benedict Catholic Cemetery, Crestwood, Illinois, USA
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