Leyba, Ramon, HM3

Fallen
 
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Last Rank
Petty Officer Third Class
Last Primary NEC
HM-8404-Medical Field Service Technician/FMF Combat Corpsman
Last Rating/NEC Group
Hospital Corpsman
Primary Unit
1968-1968, HM-8404, 1st Bn (1/26)
Service Years
1965 - 1968
HM-Hospital Corpsman

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Home State
New Mexico
New Mexico
Year of Birth
1948
 
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This Remembrance Profile was originally created by Richard Lee Hopka, HM1 - Deceased
 
Casualty Info
Home Town
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Last Address
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Casualty Date
Jun 07, 1968
 
Cause
KIA-Killed in Action
Reason
Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location
Quang Tri (Vietnam)
Conflict
Vietnam War
Location of Interment
Santa Fe National Cemetery (VA) - Santa Fe, New Mexico
Wall/Plot Coordinates
59W 025

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 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
National Cemetery Administration (NCA)Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  1968, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
  2016, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page



  The incident of his death: Jun 7, 2012  
   

On 07 June 1968 the 1st Bn, 26th Marines were conducting a sweep along the Bon Song River. Alpha 1/26 was providing a screening force along the river while Delta 1/26 was moving through the hills along the river. Charlie 1/26 was in echelon behind Delta, with the Command Group and H&S Company bringing up the rear.
As Delta 1/26 crested a ridgeline they took fire from a trenchline. The company established a base of fire, flanked the trenchline, and forced the NVA to withdraw - but they didn't withdraw far; a second set of fortifications lay only 50 yards behind the first. Charlie 1/26 sent help and Delta buckled down to assaulting the second trench line - and once again forced the NVA from their lines.

This action, though costly, was only a prelude. The NVA troops engaged by Delta 1/26 were a covering force for the NVA main body, which withdrew into the Alpha 1/26 position - and were engaged by the Alpha 1/26 Marines in a bloody fight. By the time the NVA escaped through the gap between Alpha's flank and the oncoming Delta Marines, 20 Marines and 2 sailors were dead:

A Company:
2ndLt Paul M. McGrath, Rye, NY
SSgt Donald M. Cuff, Wilmington, DE
Cpl George A. Essary, Chattanooga, TN
Cpl Jerome D. Kupperschmidt, Sandwich, IL
Cpl Gregory A. Shelley, Palisades Park, NJ
LCpl Edward L. Bradford, Westville, OK
LCpl Kevin M. Coyne, Silver Spring, MD
LCpl Michael W. Travis, Sweetser, IN
Pfc Michael P. Becker, Omaha, NE
Pfc Jerry N. Christman, Williams, AZ
Pfc Carl M. Middlebrooks, Baltimore, MD
Pfc Alton L. Staples, Cincinnati, OH
Pfc Ernest L. Wesley, Stockbridge, GA

C Company:
Cpl David E. Dixon, Miami, FL

D Company:
2ndLt Samuel J. Hannah, Reily, OH (Silver Star)
Sgt Thomas R. Cores, Del Rio, TX
Cpl Normand C. Deschaine, Lewiston, ME
Cpl Johnnie B. Espy, Montclair, NJ
LCpl David O. Auen, Blairsville, PA
LCpl John A. Scarpinato, La Puente, CA

H&S Company:
HM3 Ramon Leyba, Albuquerque, NM (H&S Co, w/ Alpha 1/26)
HN Ronald E. Rockefeller, Tivoli, NY

   
Writer:
Burgdorf, Tommy (Birddog), FC2 439
   
Last Updated:
Jun 7, 2012
   
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