LEIKAM NORMAN ALEXIUS

Name: MAJ Norman Alexius Leikam
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 10/23/1965 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 33.4
Date of Birth: 06/02/1932
Home City: Hays, KS
Service: AT branch of the regular component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: B/2/20 ARA 1 CAV
Major organization: 1st Cavalry Division
Service: AT branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 02E-132
Short Summary: Shot by one of his own men while attempting to lead a convoy on the ground while CO of B/2/20 ARA 1 CAV
Service number: O94872
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: *
Compliment cause: small arms fire
Started Tour: 08/16/1965
"Official" listing: ground casualty
Length of service: 12
Location: Unknown Province
Reason: intentional homicide
Casualty type: Non-hostile - died of other causes
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Roman Catholic
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: non-battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: officer
This record was last updated on 06/06/1996

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Date posted on this site: 09/07/2007