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GREGORY A LEIGHTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 4, 1943 – September 6, 1966
Service recordGregory A Leighton, of Exeter, New Hampshire, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Wireman (36A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 159 ENG BN
- Born
- November 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Exeter, New Hampshire (Rockingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 72
- NORMAN LEE BUNDYLieutenant (junior grade) · September 6, 1966
- GARY DWIGHT JEFFERISSpecialist Four · September 6, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOOREPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- STANLEY DENNIS PFROMMERPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE HAMILTONLance Corporal · September 7, 1966
From Exeter
- PAUL JOSEPH CAMIRELance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- LAWRENCE CLIFFORD BLOOMSergeant · January 26, 1968
- RONALD NORMAN KELLERPetty Officer Third Class · February 9, 1968
- JOHN LAWRENCE HOGANFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1971
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.