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LEON PARNELL LAMPLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 15, 1945 – October 3, 1965
Service recordLeon Parnell Lampley, of Hamilton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 3, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 104
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR
- Born
- September 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Hamilton, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1965; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 104
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- BERNARD JOSEPH MASNYPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- REGINALD NICHOLASSergeant · October 3, 1965
- ADAM ERNEST SIMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1965
From Hamilton
- STANLEY SERGEANT SHAWLieutenant · February 11, 1964
- NELSON EDDIE WILSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- EUGENE LEE ELLWOODCorporal · October 3, 1965
- THOMAS FREDERICK BRUCKChief Petty Officer · January 10, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD MILESPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
- PAUL LEWIN CONRADPrivate First Class · May 24, 1966
- SAMUEL LEWIS HUFFMANPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- KENNETH RAY BERTSCHSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- WALTER MARCUMPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
- WILLIAM CARPENTER JRPrivate First Class · November 3, 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.