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ALBERT LEROY HORNER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 8, 1946 – December 27, 1967
Service recordAlbert Leroy Horner, of Kenton, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Kenton, Ohio (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
88 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 73
- ROGER LEE HENSONSpecialist Five · December 27, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD HENTSCHELLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- TED DELANE HOLLIMAN JRCorporal · December 27, 1967
- DONALD CLEMENT HOPEWELLLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
From Kenton
- RICHARD FRANKLYN LEASESpecialist Four · May 22, 1966
- DONALD EUGENE KRAMERSergeant · October 28, 1966
- ROBERT EUGENE STRAHMPrivate First Class · November 17, 1966
- RICHARD LOUIS BASINGERCaptain · May 12, 1967
- RONALD JAMES SCHARFPrivate First Class · July 27, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD HEALYSergeant · June 8, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.