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JAMES KENNETH LEACH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 29, 1948 – June 16, 1968
Service recordJames Kenneth Leach, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 16, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 5
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
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- May 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 5
- JOHN FRANKLIN KENNEDYPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- CHARLES FRANCIS LANDERSPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- RICHARD ARTHUR LANESpecialist Five · June 16, 1968
- ARNOLD LEE LEONARD JRLance Corporal · June 16, 1968
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.