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LESLIE ALLEN POWELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 9, 1945 – April 17, 1969
Service recordLeslie Allen Powell, of Norwalk, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Norwalk, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 102
- ARLIE BROOKS MILAMPrivate First Class · April 17, 1969
- CHARLES VERNON NEWTONMaster Sergeant · April 17, 1969
- WILLIAM ORTEGAPrivate First Class · April 17, 1969
- JAMES W PATTERSON JRSpecialist Four · April 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TOMMY CALVIN HEATONCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 100
- FRED KARAMANPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 100
- ALBERT ALLEN LADDSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 101
From Norwalk
- JOE MANUEL SALINASPrivate First Class · July 20, 1965
- JUAN JOSE CASTROSergeant · March 23, 1966
- FRANK ARREY JRSergeant · September 21, 1966
- RAYMOND JEFFERSON ROSS JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CLIFTON MILLERPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- ELBERT FRANK BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- FELIX F F LEYVA-PARRA-FRIASPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD VAGNONEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- IGNACIO PORTUGAL JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- JERRY PAIZSpecialist Four · December 7, 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.