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LEONARD PETER SPARKMAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 28, 1948 – August 12, 1969
Service recordLeonard Peter Sparkman, of Mercer Island, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 12, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 24
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
- April 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Mercer Island, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 24
- GARRY GREGORY SMITHPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- STEPHEN ALLEN SNIDOWCorporal · August 12, 1969
- GEORGE EUGENE SNYDERStaff Sergeant · August 12, 1969
From Mercer Island
- JOHN FRANCIS BERGERSONSecond Lieutenant · January 29, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR JOHANSENWarrant Officer 1 · January 18, 1968
- DAVID HOWARD WARNERCorporal · February 17, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS FROSTPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- DARRYL WHITNEY WRIGHTCorporal · March 6, 1968
- RANSOM CRAIG CYRSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
- RICHARD OTIS KROGHCorporal · August 26, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD WALDOWSKIWarrant Officer 1 · August 20, 1969
- LARRY ARNOLD SIMONSONSpecialist Four · March 25, 1971
- BRADFORD MARK GRAHAMSpecialist Five · November 18, 1971
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.