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RICHARD JAMES LEAHY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 26, 1946 – March 6, 1969
Service recordRichard James Leahy, of Albany, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 6, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 56
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
- Supply Administrative Man - Manual Accounting (3041)
- Born
- July 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Albany, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 56
- JERRY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- FRANK DENNIS JOYNES JRSpecialist Four · March 6, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM KOBELIN IICorporal · March 6, 1969
- STEPHEN FRANCIS KOSTANSKICorporal · March 6, 1969
From Albany
- THOMAS JAMES BERGINCaptain · March 14, 1964
- THEODORE R LOESCHNER JRMajor · April 24, 1965
- KEITH ROBERT KNOTTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE BURRELLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- ARTHUR GERALD MCNALLYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM FENTON DITOROLance Corporal · January 7, 1967
- RICHARD JOHN MOSLEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1967
- DONALD JAMES SHEEHYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD ROCKENSTYRELance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- WILLIAM M VANANTWERP JRCaptain · September 16, 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.