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LEONARD EARL GILES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 21, 1948 – June 2, 1967
Service recordLeonard Earl Giles, of Summerdale, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 33
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- February 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Summerdale, Alabama (Baldwin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1967; 33 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “M CO 3 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 33
- KENNETH RICHARD ENDSLEYLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- RUBEN ENGLISHSergeant · June 2, 1967
- JOSEPH SANCHEZ ESCOBARLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- ALEJANDRO FRANCISCO FIERROCorporal · June 2, 1967
From Summerdale
- PAUL WILLIAM MALECSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN LESLIE STABLERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- JOHN IRVING LASSITTERFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1970
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.