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CHARLES RAYMOND LEONARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 3, 1943 – July 22, 1967
Service recordCharles Raymond Leonard, of Owensboro, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 22, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HQ HQ DET 86 ENG BN 34 GS GRP
- Born
- May 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Owensboro, Kentucky (Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 107
- THOMAS PAUL BRADYPrivate First Class · July 22, 1967
- WILLIAM B BROWNSergeant · July 22, 1967
- WILLIAM BOYD GRAVESCaptain · July 22, 1967
- ROBERT MATRANGASpecialist Four · July 22, 1967
From Owensboro
- CHARLES ERVIN SHELTONColonel · April 29, 1965
- RANDELL GENE TRAILLance Corporal · October 26, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE FORDWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1966
- CHARLES RATES LEWISSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- MANFORD DALVIS STEWARTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JOSEPH ANTHONY COOMESPetty Officer Third Class · September 21, 1967
- PAUL LEE PRICECorporal · September 23, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS COONPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- ROBERT WESLEY WATTSWarrant Officer 1 · November 22, 1967
- KENNETH R SHOEMAKER JRFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 1967
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.