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LEROY NESMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 20, 1946 – November 26, 1969
Service recordLeroy Nesmith, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 125
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
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- August 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “E CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 125
- THOMAS LEE ROY DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1969
- JERRY LANE GREENESpecialist Five · November 26, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN MERRILLLance Corporal · November 26, 1969
- JAMES RICHARD PLATESpecialist Five · November 26, 1969
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.