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THOMAS ANTHONY LEIGH JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 4, 1949 – August 18, 1968
Service recordThomas Anthony Leigh JR, of Flushing, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 18, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 45
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Flushing, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 45
- ROY DALLAS LOWE JRPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- HECTOR LUGO-MOJICACorporal · August 18, 1968
- JAMES RAY MONCRIEFSpecialist Four · August 18, 1968
- DOUGLAS SIDNEY SCROGGINSPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
From Flushing
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- FRANCIS PATRICK COXLance Corporal · January 30, 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.