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LELAND EMANUEL HAMMOND
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 18, 1947 – October 11, 1966
Service recordLeland Emanuel Hammond, of Sumter, South Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 11, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Sumter, South Carolina (Sumter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 66
- LARRY ROGERS BILLIEPrivate First Class · October 11, 1966
- RICHARD DAVID HENSLEYLance Corporal · October 11, 1966
- ALFRED AUGUST KASPAULSergeant · October 11, 1966
- RONALD DARRELL MILLERPrivate First Class · October 11, 1966
From Sumter
- ADHERENE LOUIS HAINESSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- HAROLD MCRAE SMITHPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY STEWARTStaff Sergeant · October 29, 1966
- ROBERT CAIN JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1966
- TERRY LYNN ANTONPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- BEN WHITESergeant · July 10, 1967
- DAVID NATHANIEL GREEN JRSecond Lieutenant · July 24, 1967
- WALLACE GOURLEY HYNDS JRColonel · August 2, 1967
- CARL MCFADDEN JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- JIMMIE LEE HARVINCorporal · November 9, 1968
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.