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LEROY CASE HOTCHKISS III
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 23, 1947 – April 6, 1967
Service recordLeroy Case Hotchkiss III, of Pasadena, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 6, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 111
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Pasadena, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 111
- JAMES LEO DARCYWarrant Officer 1 · April 6, 1967
- CELISTER HARRISON JRLance Corporal · April 6, 1967
- MICHAEL DUANE HIMMERICKHospitalman · April 6, 1967
- WILLIAM GEORGE SIPOSCaptain · April 6, 1967
From Pasadena
- ARDON WILLIAM CARTERSergeant · February 4, 1966
- GARY MONROE RADFORDPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GEORGE LUDWIG STOLLSpecialist Four · May 5, 1966
- WARREN PARKER SMITH JRLieutenant Colonel · June 22, 1966
- PAUL RUSSELL NICHOLAS JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- MERLIN FRANCIS CALDWELLPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- JAMES HENRY SPARKSLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- FRANK BROWN WESTERFIELDSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1967
- FRANK CHARLES MCNELIS JRPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- BOBBY JOE BONINSergeant · October 25, 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.