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GARY WILLIARD LEIGHTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 17, 1950 – May 29, 1969
Service recordGary Williard Leighton, of Washington, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 29, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 15
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Washington, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 15
- ROGERS LEMANDER HAYWOODStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1969
- CRIS HOLLIDAYCorporal · May 29, 1969
- HERMAN LEROY JUDY JRCorporal · May 29, 1969
- JESSE PHILLIP KENTPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
From Washington
- DAVID LEE RIZORPrivate · October 9, 1965
- JAMES JOSEPH REILLY JRSergeant First Class · October 10, 1965
- JAMES ARTHUR MCEWENFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 1965
- ROBERT ELMER BRYANTCorporal · September 13, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL SLESH JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- LARRY GORDON SALISBERRYHospitalman · August 2, 1967
- DAVID ROSS MYERSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT ARCHIBALD SIKONPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- ROBERT GAYLORD FINDLEYPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT WALTZGunnery Sergeant · May 13, 1968
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.