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GERALD ARTHUR LETENDRE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 11, 1942 – March 25, 1966
Service recordGerald Arthur Letendre, of East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 25, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 51
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 11, 1942
- Home of record
- East Longmeadow, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 51
- CLARENCE ALBERT WHITEHEADSergeant · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES TRUITT COURSONCorporal · March 26, 1966
- RICHARD KENNETH HILLPrivate First Class · March 26, 1966
- JAMES L HUDSPETHPrivate First Class · March 26, 1966
From East Longmeadow
- CALVIN RAY WILSONPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- LEWIS JEWETT NEWBERRYSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- JOHN SEBASTIAN MANFERDINICorporal · July 3, 1969
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.