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LEVAN ARLIN CHURCH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 17, 1948 – August 1, 1967
Service recordLevan Arlin Church, of Hayward, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 1, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 59
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- January 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Hayward, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 59
- HERMAN C BROEGELER IIILance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- CHARLES GILMAN BUTLER JRLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- DAVID JAMES CARLTONCorporal · August 1, 1967
- PAUL SILVEY COLVINFirst Lieutenant · August 1, 1967
From Hayward
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH HEALCorporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS HUDSON MCCALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD TYRONE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- ALLEN BARTLEY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- GERALD RUSSELL HENRYLance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- SANFORD SHROUT JRLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- HARRY MERLE MCNALLYSpecialist Four · October 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.