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LESLIE ALLEN DEVERS JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 6, 1946 – April 1, 1968
Service recordLeslie Allen Devers JR, of Riverside, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 30
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
- Shore Party Specialist (1381)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 ENG BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Riverside, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 30
- DAVID ALDEN BRENNERStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1968
- JAMES MARTIN BRINKMAN IIICaptain · April 1, 1968
- DONALD WAYNE BURNSIDEPetty Officer Second Class · April 1, 1968
- DAVID CHARLES CARDINALSpecialist Four · April 1, 1968
From Riverside
- THEODORE BERT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WILLIAM RONALD GRAYSONCommander · April 1, 1966
- FRANK BRENNAN PARISHLance Corporal · June 18, 1966
- BRAD WILLIAM MORANDPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- ROBBIN ADAIR GOODWINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- PATRICK LEE WOODLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- VINCENT JOSEPH BENEGASLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- RICHARD ELZIE VEACHSpecialist Four · May 28, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE MONFILSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- HECTOR FUENTESHospitalman · July 2, 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.