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LESLIE MORGAN ALY
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
August 12, 1947 – September 17, 1969
Service recordLeslie Morgan Aly, of De Soto, Missouri, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 99
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 12, 1947
- Home of record
- De Soto, Missouri (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 99
- THEODORE WOOD WEBBSecond Lieutenant · September 16, 1969
- JAMES MONROE WILLARDSergeant · September 16, 1969
- ROBSON WARD WILLSFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1969
- WILLARD EUGENE WILSONSergeant · September 16, 1969
From De Soto
- RONALD MARION FILKINSPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- JAMES GORMON GOETZLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD MERTELL JRSpecialist Four · September 16, 1967
- NORMAN OTTIS COPELANDCorporal · February 5, 1968
- PHILLIP RAY DOEBERTSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- LONALD RAY COLEMANSergeant · February 8, 1971
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.