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LEO ROGER ASSELIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 17, 1950 – June 12, 1969
Service recordLeo Roger Asselin, of Lewiston, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 30
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Lewiston, Maine (Androscoggin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 30
- BENJAMIN ROBERT ALDERSONPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- STEVEN PAUL BARNETTSpecialist Four · June 12, 1969
- KENNETH LEONARD BARTLEYSpecialist Five · June 12, 1969
- ALAN RAY BRESNAHANCorporal · June 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MELVIN BRYANTSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 32
- PAUL R ROSSCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 36
From Lewiston
- MICHAEL JOHN MCGONAGLESergeant · October 17, 1966
- PAUL ROBERT WESTStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- ROLAND PHILIPPE GUERETTEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- RONALD MEDFORD THOMAS IIPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- LAURIER DON DEROSIERSergeant · December 3, 1967
- NORMAND CAMILLE DESCHAINECorporal · June 7, 1968
- HAROLD GEORGE BRETONPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH MCMAHONSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- RICHARD W ROSSIGNOLPetty Officer Third Class · March 29, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH MCMORROWLance Corporal · November 10, 1969
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.