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LELAND W ALBURY JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 20, 1944 – June 29, 1966
Service recordLeland W Albury JR, of Key West, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 29, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 106
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
- Wireman (2511)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 2 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Key West, Florida (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 106
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN TAZELAARPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- THOMAS HUBERT WOLFECaptain · June 28, 1966
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
From Key West
- RICHARD ANTHONY RECUPEROPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- ECKWOOD HAROLD SOLOMON JRCaptain · July 27, 1966
- PETER STANLEY KNIGHTMajor · August 25, 1966
- FLORENTINO R ROQUESpecialist Four · October 2, 1966
- CHARLES LANCASTER PUTNAMCaptain · March 9, 1967
- JOE RAYMOND HINESFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1968
- KERMIT BRUCE ROBERTSTechnical Sergeant · May 18, 1969
- MACK DENNARD JRSergeant · September 18, 1969
- OLIVER COLEMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1969
- HORACIO A FONSECA-VARGASPrivate First Class · May 12, 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.