Rank: Private First Class
Unit: 46th Infantry Platoon Scout Dog, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
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: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 18-Jul-1949
Hometown: Moline, Illinois
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 18-Sep-1967
Incident date: 6-Dec-1967
Date of casualty: 6-Dec-1967
Age at death: 18
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Grenade. Multiple fragmentation wounds.
Leroy Floyd Schyska died as the result of wounds received when he engaged hostile force in firefight while on ambush patrol.
Location of fatality: Phuoc Tuy, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, Illinois, USA
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