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LEON SEARS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 3, 1946 – March 23, 1969
Service recordLeon Sears, of New Britain, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 23, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 21
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)
- Born
- July 3, 1946
- Home of record
- New Britain, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 21
- JERRY LEE PETERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- ANDREW LEE PRESLEY JRSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- JOHNNY LEE SMITHSpecialist Four · March 23, 1969
- LEO BRIAN SMITHSergeant · March 23, 1969
From New Britain
- JOHN M GRASSO JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 1965
- RICHARD EARL CHABOTLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- FLOYD MONROE HORTONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- RICHARD ARTHUR GILBREATHPetty Officer Third Class · July 22, 1966
- RICHARD W ROYSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- PEDRO O CANCELPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH PELLETIERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
- MICHAEL DAVID SMITHLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH EVERETT LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- JOHN DENNIS WHORFFSpecialist Four · August 29, 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.