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LESLIE AARON DALRYMPLE
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 12, 1949 – November 20, 1969
Service recordLeslie Aaron Dalrymple, of East Wilton, Maine, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 98
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 12, 1949
- Home of record
- East Wilton, Maine (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1969; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 98
- ANTHONY JACK CARLUCCISpecialist Four · November 20, 1969
- RAYMOND ALLEN CHARTIERPrivate First Class · November 20, 1969
- JAMES MILTON DALESpecialist Five · November 20, 1969
- PABLO BENITEZ GARZASergeant First Class · November 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BILLY RAY MARSHALLSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 101
- HAROLD WAYNE MCDONALDSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 101
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.