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LEON WILSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 18, 1949 – April 8, 1969
Service recordLeon Wilson, of Jeffersonville, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 8, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 43
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Jeffersonville, Georgia (Twiggs County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 43
- JIMMY ROGER WESTMORELANDPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
- STEPHEN DAVID WILKINSONPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
- JAMES HENRY ADAMSPrivate First Class · April 9, 1969
- JAMES GEORGE BUNCH JRSergeant · April 9, 1969
From Jeffersonville
- BILLY CHAPMANSpecialist Four · May 23, 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.