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LEIGH WALLACE HUNT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 17, 1946 – March 24, 1967
Service recordLeigh Wallace Hunt, of Tempe, Arizona, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 36
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
- June 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Tempe, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 36
- RICHARD HENRY HOUSHSecond Lieutenant · March 24, 1967
- SAMUEL BURNELL HUBBARDCorporal · March 24, 1967
- PERRY DEAN JAMESLance Corporal · March 24, 1967
- JAMES RAYMOND KELLY IIICorporal · March 24, 1967
From Tempe
- RAMON DESCHAMPSPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- FRANCISCO PERAZA CHAIRASpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- ROBERT DANIEL BENTONPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- JESSIE YUTZE GOMEZSergeant · December 17, 1966
- WARREN GAMBIEL TEDRICK JRSergeant · March 7, 1968
- CHARLES MCRAE HARDYPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- BUCK EDWARD ALBRIGHTLance Corporal · May 23, 1969
- ANTHONY H FIGUEROA JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- BRUCE LYNN HANKINSSpecialist Four · November 16, 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.