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LEONARD WADE ROBERSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 8, 1947 – August 8, 1967
Service recordLeonard Wade Roberson, of Redmond, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 92
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Redmond, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 92
- WILLIE MICHAEL RHODESPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- HERBERT CLEVELAND SAMPLESPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES SCOTTStaff Sergeant · August 8, 1967
- CLARENCE E TACKETTStaff Sergeant · August 8, 1967
From Redmond
- GLENN DEAN TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- ALVIN RUTHERFORD HOOVER IIISergeant · October 11, 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.