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JOHN LEROY VINCENT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 7, 1945 – April 23, 1968
Service recordJohn Leroy Vincent, of Liberty, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 23, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 43
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
- February 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Liberty, Missouri (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 43
- JACKIE DALE WALKERPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- JAMES LEROY WALLACECorporal · April 23, 1968
- JOHN SAMUEL WISEMANCorporal · April 23, 1968
- HERMAN A HESSELSCHWARDTPrivate First Class · April 24, 1968
From Liberty
- TERRY LEE BRADENSeaman · January 23, 1967
- CLARENCE RAY HOLTSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- DENNIS RAY WHICKERSpecialist Four · February 3, 1969
- THOMAS M BRANDOM JRMajor · April 25, 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.