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TERRY VIRGIL LEACH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 8, 1946 – September 2, 1967
Service recordTerry Virgil Leach, of Marion, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 86
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- October 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Marion, Indiana (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 86
- WILLIE JUNIOR LIGHTFORDCorporal · September 2, 1967
- BRUCE BERNARD LIVINGSTONLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- JAMES EMORY MANESSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- WAYNE JOHN MARQUARDTCorporal · September 2, 1967
From Marion
- JOSEPH DONALD GUERREROSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- THOMAS JEFFERSON FEARSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- MARVIN EDWARD GLASSBURNSergeant · March 21, 1966
- DAVID AMOS SCOTTSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- DAVID LEE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1967
- DONALD EARL CUTLERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1967
- CARL DINGUSCorporal · February 3, 1968
- LARRY JO GOSSPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1968
- TERRY LEE WEAVERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- LARRY DEE SHERMANSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
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.