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LEO FREDRICK MALONE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 30, 1943 – April 7, 1968
Service recordLeo Fredrick Malone, of Huntington, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 7, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 40
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Huntington, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 40
- RICHARD MENDOZA CORRALESPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- LIONEL RUSSELL CRASELance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- MELVIN LESTER DOLBYPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- LEONARD DANIEL ERICKSONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
From Huntington
- GEORGE THOMAS VOLLMARPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH KRAUSS JRMajor · June 18, 1967
- FREDRIC WOODROW KNAPPLieutenant (junior grade) · November 2, 1967
- RANDY RICHARD WERNIGWarrant Officer 1 · July 23, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM THORPSpecialist Four · September 8, 1968
- CHARLES ROECKLLance Corporal · March 19, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN REARDONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 28, 1969
- CHARLES DEWANN SLAYTONSpecialist Four · May 9, 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.