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LEON HENRY HAHN JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 12, 1946 – May 16, 1968
Service recordLeon Henry Hahn JR, of Karthaus, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 10
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
- Bulk Fuel Specialist (1391)
- Born
- May 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Karthaus, Pennsylvania (Clearfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 10
- EUGENE GREENPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- JAMES DAVID GROSSLance Corporal · May 16, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE HAMILTONCorporal · May 16, 1968
- JACK HENDERSON JRPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
From Karthaus
- GERALD ANDREW REITERPrivate First Class · May 12, 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.