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LEON GORDON CHADWICK III
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
April 2, 1940 – November 14, 1966
Service recordLeon Gordon Chadwick III, of Raleigh, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 14, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Born
- April 2, 1940
- Home of record
- Raleigh, North Carolina (Wake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 12E, Line 70
- TERRY LEE WEBERPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- DANIEL MORRIS BENNETTSergeant · November 14, 1966
- DAVID STEWART BOYDSergeant First Class · November 14, 1966
- RODOLFO MARCIANO GONZALEZCorporal · November 14, 1966
From Raleigh
- WILLIAM EDWARD DAVIS JRSecond Lieutenant · December 10, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD ALSTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEE ARTHUR MOORE JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- EDWARD SHEPHERDPlatoon Sergeant · May 21, 1966
- JOHN B DAVIS IIISpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WAYLAND DUNN JRSergeant · August 14, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD OXLEYFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- SAMUEL ADAMS JAMES JRFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1966
- DONALD FRANK RHODESPrivate · January 7, 1967
- DOUGLAS EUGENE MOORESergeant · March 25, 1967
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.