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CHRISFINO DENNIS LEAL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 27, 1945 – April 16, 1968
Service recordChrisfino Dennis Leal, of San Diego, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 27, 1945
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 17
- DENNIS WAYNE LINVILLEPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY LITTLEFIELDCorporal · April 16, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD MALONECorporal · April 16, 1968
- JACK WILLIAM MARLOWESpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.