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LEON LOUIS VIVETTE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 8, 1945 – July 6, 1967
Service recordLeon Louis Vivette, of Wapato, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 6, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 24
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Wapato, Washington (Yakima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1967; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 24
- MILES EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · July 6, 1967
- ERIK BERNARD WICKENBERGSpecialist Four · July 6, 1967
- BRUCE JOSEPH ALLENPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- KENNETH RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · July 7, 1967
From Wapato
- FORREST LEE RAMOSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1967
- LEONARD MIRAMONTEZLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JUAN SANCHEZ OZUNASergeant · December 15, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER HENRY INAYLance Corporal · October 11, 1968
- DONALD GARY DILLARDSpecialist Four · August 12, 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.