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WILLIAM GROOM LEFTWICH JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Marine Corps
April 28, 1931 – November 18, 1970
Service recordWilliam Groom Leftwich JR, of Germantown, Tennessee, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 18, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 68
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- April 28, 1931
- Home of record
- Germantown, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1970
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1970; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 68
- GARY DUANE HUDSONLance Corporal · November 18, 1970
- THOMAS ALLISON KNOPIKWarrant Officer 1 · November 18, 1970
- RANDALL PAUL MANELACorporal · November 18, 1970
- BENTON LEWIS MILLERChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 18, 1970
From Germantown
- ROSS WHITTIER LIVERMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1969
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.