Leon L. Cornwell
Philadelphia Memorial Panel: Panel 7
National Memorial Panel / Row:
East 19 /
56
Date of Birth: 18-Jul-1945
Neighborhood: North Philadelphia
High School:
Street: W. Dauphin Street
Branch of Service: Marine Corps
Rank: PFC
Date of Casualty: 08-May-1967
Province of Casualty: Quang Tri
Cornwell, a private first class joined the Marine Corps in August, 1966 and was assigned to Company D of the 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division in Vietnam in April 1967. The 21-year-old rifleman died in Quang Tri Province three weeks later, on May 8, 1967.