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LESLIE WAYNE WILLIAMS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 18, 1949 – September 24, 1969
Service recordLeslie Wayne Williams, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 6
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
- Occupation
- Ammunition Technician (2311)
- Born
- August 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 6
- WALTER LEROY SMILESSpecialist Five · September 24, 1969
- JAMES BERNARD WOODS JRPrivate First Class · September 24, 1969
- LOWRY TAYLOR CUTHBERTSergeant · September 25, 1969
- JOHNNY RAYMOND ESQUIERDOPrivate First Class · September 25, 1969
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
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.