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JAMES ANDREW LEACH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 25, 1950 – April 24, 1969
Service recordJames Andrew Leach, of Arcadia, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 24, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 40
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
- June 25, 1950
- Home of record
- Arcadia, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 40
- ERNEST CECIL JAMISONSergeant · April 24, 1969
- CHARLES RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 24, 1969
- DAVID GLENN KELLISONPrivate First Class · April 24, 1969
- EDWARD DEAN MARTINPrivate First Class · April 24, 1969
From Arcadia
- RODNEY WILLARD CASSELMANPrivate First Class · August 4, 1966
- CRAIG RAY SCHOENBAUMSpecialist Four · June 9, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARDS CAMPBELLFirst Lieutenant · June 21, 1967
- RICHARD RAY IRWIN JRPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- VAUGHN MAURICE HINESPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- EUGENE STANLEY HICKSSpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- EDWARD ARTHUR ZAGERSecond Lieutenant · April 9, 1968
- ROGER ALLEN BOOMSMAPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- JAMES CARL FOXPrivate First Class · March 30, 1969
- PATRICK MICHAEL WARDCaptain · September 11, 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.