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Albert Leroy Horner

Submitted by Roberta Horner

Branch of Service: Marines CPL-E4

My Uncle Albert Leroy Horner served in Vietnam. His tour began December 17, 1967 he lost his life December 27, 1967 in QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM by hostile ground fire. There was a book wrote by one of the survivors that I would love to get a hold of