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Alpha Company 1st. Battalion,

7th Marines Vietnam Veterans

(Alpha 1/7)

In June 1969, LIFE magazine published a feature, "The Faces of the American Dead in Vietnam: One Weeks Toll." Inside were 242 pictures with names of those who died in seven days of warfare, between May 28 through June 3, 1969.The 3rd Platoon of Alpha 1/7 lost four: Matthew J. Baurle, Iran C. Brown, Gary W. Leighton, and Emerson Martin. > > life.com

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