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PAUL ALBERT LECRONE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 2, 1949 – April 9, 1970
Service recordPaul Albert Lecrone, of Hanover, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 9, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 114
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Hanover, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 114
- LARRY COLEMAN KNIGHTLieutenant · April 9, 1970
- JAMES DOYLE MACEStaff Sergeant · April 9, 1970
- JOHN BELK MULLISSergeant First Class · April 9, 1970
- LEROY NELSONCorporal · April 9, 1970
- DENNIS ODELL HARGROVESpecialist Four · September 24, 1987
From Hanover
- LLOYD CHARLES LAUGERMANLance Corporal · January 12, 1967
- DAVID B RODMANCaptain · May 8, 1968
- LEE FRANCIS LINCHSpecialist Four · February 1, 1969
- DENNIS LEROY RILEYPrivate First Class · February 16, 1969
- GEORGE LEONARD MUMMERTPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
- JEFFREY HAROLD MILLERCorporal · June 9, 1970
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.