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LESLIE DALE THOMPSON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 14, 1950 – March 5, 1969
Service recordLeslie Dale Thompson, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 50
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 50
- PHILLIP EDWARD TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1969
- CHARLES WAYNE THOMASCorporal · March 5, 1969
- RONALD LEONARD WARNETTFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1969
- STANLEY BRUCE ZIEGLERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
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.