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LEE ARTHUR TOYER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 3, 1947 – October 21, 1967
Service recordLee Arthur Toyer, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 47
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
- April 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 47
- ARCHIE ANDREW PORTERSpecialist Five · October 21, 1967
- KENNETH EARL TREADWAYLance Corporal · October 21, 1967
- DAVID EUGENE WARDPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- MICHAEL ALLEN WYRICKPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.