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LEONARD GEORGE GREVILLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 29, 1949 – July 7, 1969
Service recordLeonard George Greville, of Crescent City, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 74
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Crescent City, California (Del Norte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 74
- STEVEN KARL BROOKSFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1969
- BRUCE EDWARD COLEYSergeant · July 7, 1969
- HAROLD ANTHONY COXSergeant · July 7, 1969
- RONNIE LEE DAVISPrivate First Class · July 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BRUCE EDWARD COLEYSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 74
From Crescent City
- DONALD WILFRED SHANKSPetty Officer Third Class · October 26, 1966
- JAMES HENRY WHISENHUNTLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT KLOTZSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- DAVID GUY CUMMINGSSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- HOWARD EARL CRAMBLETWarrant Officer 1 · May 12, 1969
- EDWARD DEAN LOCKETTPrivate · February 10, 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.