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LEONARD OSCAR LAPORT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 3, 1946 – April 26, 1967
Service recordLeonard Oscar Laport, of Northville, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 26, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 94
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Northville, New York (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 94
- WILLIAM THOMAS HEDGPATHPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 1967
- TILLMON POWELL HITCHCOCKPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- ISAAC JONESLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- WALTER LEE SWAINCaptain · April 26, 1967
From Northville
- HARRY VAN ARNAM MOSHERSecond Lieutenant · February 1, 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.