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LESLIE LEROY MCCORKLE
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 15, 1950 – May 14, 1969
Service recordLeslie Leroy McCorkle, of Yuba City, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 9
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Yuba City, California (Sutter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 9
- WILLIAM LEWIS MCGOWANSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- JIMMY LEE MCLELLANSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- LUTHER MORGAN JRSergeant · May 14, 1969
- HENRY LAWRENCE OWENSSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ERIC BELTSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 2
- LEONARD BALDOMIR CASTILLOSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 2
- WILLIE JAMES CHAPMANSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 3
- RAYMOND WARREN DEMEOLASergeant · Panel 24W, Line 4
- WILLARD J DUFRESNE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 24W, Line 4
- MICHAEL ALAN HUNTLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 7
- MICHAEL WAYNE MILNERCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 8
- WILLIAM LEWIS MCGOWANSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 9
- LUTHER MORGAN JRSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 9
- DAVID ALAN STIYERSpecialist Five · Panel 24W, Line 13
From Yuba City
- JOHN PATRICK EYNONSpecialist Four · October 4, 1966
- DONALD RAY CHRISTYCorporal · June 2, 1967
- MERL WAYNE FERGUSONSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
- FRANK JOHN DEMARCOStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- RONNIE JOE ESKEWSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- EDWARD DONALD ABBOTTPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- FRANK D RYAN JRSergeant · April 10, 1970
- MANUEL GOMEZGUTIERREZSpecialist Five · July 31, 1971
- STEPHEN LOUIS RAYBURNSpecialist Four · December 24, 1972
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.