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JOHN DENNIS LEARY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 8, 1948 – April 27, 1969
Service recordJohn Dennis Leary, of Collingswood, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 64
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
- July 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Collingswood, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 64
- DANIEL ARTHUR KEENEPrivate First Class · April 27, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY KINDLESergeant · April 27, 1969
- RODGER MAGNUS KOEFODCorporal · April 27, 1969
- WENDELL WAYNE LESLIESpecialist Four · April 27, 1969
From Collingswood
- LAWRENCE FRANK LUBONSKIPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN MORRISSpecialist Four · January 2, 1969
- STEPHEN WALTER YOUNGSecond Lieutenant · September 6, 1969
- WILLIAM ALVIN COMLYCorporal · March 11, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH MCCARTHYSergeant · May 7, 1970
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.