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EARL LAROY LEIGHTON
Seaman Apprentice · U.S. Navy
October 22, 1937 – January 17, 1969
Service recordEarl Laroy Leighton, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Seaman Apprentice in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 17, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 26
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman Apprentice (SA)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- October 22, 1937
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 26
- VICTOR LOPEZSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- JUAN ARTURO MALDONADOTechnical Sergeant · January 17, 1969
- WALTER WESLEY MARTINMajor · January 17, 1969
- STEPHEN WOODTHORPE MAYNELance Corporal · January 17, 1969
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
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.