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JOHN EDWARD LEASURE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 4, 1939 – November 14, 1969
Service recordJohn Edward Leasure, of Cambridge, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 14, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 75
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
- April 4, 1939
- Home of record
- Cambridge, Ohio (Guernsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 75
- JAMES RICKEY LINDSAYPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- JOEL AUSBIN MAY JRMajor · November 14, 1969
- RICKEY JOE MEDLINPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- MILLER EDWARD MORGANLance Corporal · November 14, 1969
From Cambridge
- JOSEPH LEON KANEMaster Sergeant · April 4, 1966
- CARL ROSS HARBIN JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- CHARLES M WAYTSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- EMORY DAVID VOORHIESCorporal · June 9, 1968
- ROBERT ARTHUR AUSMUSGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1968
- GARRY LYNN UPLINGERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM REEDMajor · July 24, 1970
- CLIFFORD EUGENE BENCHSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.