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LEONARD WITCHER III
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 8, 1947 – September 15, 1966
Service recordLeonard Witcher III, of Alton, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 15, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 99
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
- March 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Alton, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 99
- JAMES JOSEPH ANGELIDESCorporal · September 16, 1966
- JOE MAGDALENO BALLIN JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- BERNARD L BLITCHSpecialist Five · September 16, 1966
- JERRY WENDELL MCCULLOUGHLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
From Alton
- CHARLES ADAM MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ROBERT NELSON DAVISPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- HERMAN ROBERT ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- DENNIS LYNN DOOLEYSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- HERSCHEL LEE EPPS JRPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- STEPHEN ANDREW CHILDERSCaptain · January 19, 1967
- GORDON LEE HOGANStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- RAMON J MORALESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- FREDERICK H ELIZONDOWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1967
- KENNETH MICHAEL WRIGHTPrivate First Class · June 28, 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.