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LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURY
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
September 23, 1946 – March 24, 1967
Service recordLouis Anthony Leatherbury, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 24, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 37
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 37
- HARRY F MCGINNIS JRLance Corporal · March 24, 1967
- JIMMY DALE MOODYPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- JOSEPH PATRICK MURPHYCaptain · March 24, 1967
- WILLIAM IRVIN NELSON IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- ELMORE BRITTINGHAM JRStaff Sergeant · March 25, 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.