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LEONARD GERALD MARCUM
Captain · U.S. Army
September 20, 1939 – August 2, 1967
Service recordLeonard Gerald Marcum, of Jefferson, Oregon, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1939
- Home of record
- Jefferson, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 68
- PAUL CHARLES BERTOLOZZIFirst Lieutenant · August 2, 1967
- WALLACE GOURLEY HYNDS JRColonel · August 2, 1967
- JOHN KIRBY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- JAMES RAY MAJORSLance Corporal · August 2, 1967
- DANIEL HAROLD MILLERPrivate First Class · August 2, 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.