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DONALD CHESTER LEBLOND
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 13, 1947 – February 26, 1969
Service recordDonald Chester Leblond, of Rockville, Connecticut, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 69
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Rockville, Connecticut (Tolland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 69
- LARRY CHARLES KOSKISpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- CHARLES JOHN KURTZPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- KENNETH ANTHONY LAVINE JRPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- WARREN G H LIZOTTE JRSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD CLAYSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 65
- RONALD LEEROY QUIGLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 71
- WILLIAM BERNARD WILSONSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 75
From Rockville
- EDWARD LOUIS OTT IIIPetty Officer First Class · September 1, 1967
- STEVEN GEORGE SLACKPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- EDWIN PHILLIP DAVISPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
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.