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Sergeant First Class

Andy Chacon Leon

United States Army Military Police Corps — Fort Leonard Wood, MO

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch August 19, 1953

Age 28

The Vigil Panel 89 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 64

Incident

Location: Overseas Weapon: Rifle; M-1 Offender: Sentenced to Life

Sergeant First Class Andy Leon was shot and killed when he and his partner attempted to stop a soldier on a rural road in Korea.

While on patrol in a military jeep, Sergeant First Class (SFC) Leon and his partner noticed the subject staggering beside the road. As both military policemen exited the vehicle, the subject shot SFC Leon in the head, instantly killing him. His partner was wounded in the back, but he managed to knock the suspect out with a rock during a brief struggle.

The subject was court-martialed, found guilty of premeditated assault, and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Sergeant First Class Leon was a World War II and Korean War veteran and was assigned to the 187th Airborne Infantry Regiment. He is buried at the South Lawn Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, daughter, son, two sisters, and four brothers.

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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Sergeant First Class Leon served with the United States Army Military Police Corps.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department United States Army Military Police Corps

Location Fort Leonard Wood, MO

Platform Identity usampcmp.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 19, 1953

Age 28

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Rifle; M-1

Offender Sentenced to Life

Military Service

Andy Chacon Leon served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Sergeant First Class Andy Chacon Leon is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In MO, 516 of 813 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63.5% of this state's fallen. That is 9.3 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At United States Army Military Police Corps, 26 of 65 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 40% of this agency's fallen.

United States Army Military Police Corps

of 65 officers

40% Felonious

MO — Statewide

516

of 813 officers

63.5% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious