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LEON DUGAN WITHERSPOON
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
February 14, 1938 – July 20, 1970
Service recordLeon Dugan Witherspoon, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 20, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 37
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- February 14, 1938
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 37
- FRANK LOUIS ASHERCorporal · July 21, 1970
- ROBERTO C FLORESSergeant · July 21, 1970
- FREDERICK DAVID GREENESergeant · July 21, 1970
- ROBERT BRADFORD HAYSCorporal · July 21, 1970
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
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.