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LEON LOVELL POLAND JR
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
December 1, 1946 – March 26, 1967
Service recordLeon Lovell Poland JR, of West Paris, Maine, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 26, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 54
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 1, 1946
- Home of record
- West Paris, Maine (Oxford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 54
- THOMAS PETER MITCHELLCaptain · March 26, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 1967
- JAMES ADRIAN SETTERLance Corporal · March 26, 1967
- TERRY DEAN SHAUVERLance Corporal · March 26, 1967
From West Paris
- CHESTER LEE HOPKINSCorporal · May 12, 1967
- HOLLIS WINFIELD BUCKStaff Sergeant · April 27, 1968
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.