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BILLY LEONARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 20, 1928 – December 16, 1966
Service recordBilly Leonard, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Transportation Supply And Parts Specialist (76H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHD 14 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP
- Born
- February 20, 1928
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 49
- CURTIS LEE JETERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1966
- AARON L BRAMCaptain · December 17, 1966
- CEASAR BRYANTSergeant · December 17, 1966
- RICHARD LEE CAROTHERSPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 1966
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.