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DONALD GEORGE LEPARD
Colonel · U.S. Air Force
August 11, 1918 – March 26, 1969
Service recordDonald George Lepard, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 26, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 50. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 48
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 11, 1918
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 50
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 48
- THEODORE E HEINSELMANSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- GUY FREDERICK JOHNSONWarrant Officer 1 · March 26, 1969
- FRANCIS J R KINGCorporal · March 26, 1969
- J B L LEVESQUEColonel · March 26, 1969
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 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.