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LEONARD PETER DEINLEIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 20, 1948 – March 1, 1969
Service recordLeonard Peter Deinlein, of Northampton, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 1, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 1
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
- November 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Northampton, Massachusetts (Hampshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 1
- ARTHUR ALLEN CROSBY JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1969
- RAY RENE DAVISWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1969
- RAYMOND RODRIGUEZ DELGADOLance Corporal · March 1, 1969
- ERIC THOMAS DUFFERPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
From Northampton
- PHILIP RICHARD VANASSECorporal · May 8, 1967
- LAWRENCE NEIL SAVINOPrivate First Class · May 25, 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.