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LEON ZUNIGA JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 9, 1947 – December 6, 1967
Service recordLeon Zuniga JR, of Imperial Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 6, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 56
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Imperial Beach, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1967; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 56
- NORMAN PAUL WILLIAMSCorporal · December 6, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- EUGENE ZEIGLERSpecialist Four · December 6, 1967
- RONALD ROY HAMMERSTROMSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
From Imperial Beach
- DENNIS RAY CHRISTIELance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- RAYMOND HOWARD ALBERT JRSpecialist Four · September 20, 1968
- ALBERT W MCKINNEY JRPrivate First Class · December 26, 1968
- MICHAEL SEAN MASSEYCorporal · March 8, 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.