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LESLIE EUGENE ENGELHART
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 28, 1943 – June 20, 1967
Service recordLeslie Eugene Engelhart, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 20, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 24
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
- Born
- November 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 24
- BEN COYSpecialist Four · June 20, 1967
- CHARLES LIGON CRONKRITEMajor · June 20, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD FIELDSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1967
- WAYNE EDWIN HALSTEADLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.