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LESLIE GEORGE APUTEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 15, 1949 – May 15, 1968
Service recordLeslie George Aputen, of Pontiac, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- March 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Pontiac, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 18
- STEVEN EPEFANIO AMESCUAPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- DENNIS KEITH ANDERSONCaptain · May 15, 1968
- STANLEY WILLIAM BEHMPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- HOMER B BELL JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
From Pontiac
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
- THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCKLieutenant Colonel · November 1, 1964
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · June 23, 1966
- VICTOR RONALD HOYTSergeant · December 27, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE ELMYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · May 17, 1967
- FREDERICK HUGO LIMINGAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ANDREAS MCCURRYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 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.