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LARRY KEITH LEACH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 3, 1948 – April 27, 1967
Service recordLarry Keith Leach, of Grafton, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 27, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 102
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- May 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Grafton, West Virginia (Taylor County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 102
- DAVID CENTENO GRIJALVALance Corporal · April 27, 1967
- MICHAEL GERALD HARTNETTSpecialist Four · April 27, 1967
- RANDY LEIGH HEERDTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
From Grafton
- GEORGE RALPH POWELL JRSergeant · June 21, 1968
- ROBERT LEE KNISELY JRCorporal · October 1, 1968
- PAUL FRANCIS KLUGFirst Lieutenant · March 11, 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.