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LESLIE NEIL GENERAL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 26, 1946 – May 1, 1968
Service recordLeslie Neil General, of Niagara Falls, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 31
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Niagara Falls, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; 40 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 53E, Line 31
- JAMES RAY FEDRO SRSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
- BARRY LYNN FRAZIERSergeant · May 1, 1968
- ANTONIO GARCIAPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- DONALD PETER GERVAISMaster Sergeant · May 1, 1968
From Niagara Falls
- GILBERT MICHAEL NICKLASPrivate First Class · November 14, 1965
- RONALD TERRANCE TERRYStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- GARY LLOYD HENDERSONCorporal · March 9, 1966
- CHARLES CLINTON CURTIS JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL JAMES NEWMAN JRCorporal · March 21, 1967
- JOHN PAUL BOBOSecond Lieutenant · March 30, 1967
- WALTER JAMES PTASNICKCorporal · April 15, 1967
- DAVID FRITZ BITTENBENDERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- THOMAS WALTER SITEKLieutenant Commander · August 23, 1967
- ROBERT TAYLORLance Corporal · September 27, 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.