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FERNANDO LEAL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 1, 1946 – February 3, 1967
Service recordFernando Leal, of Alvarado, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1967, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 112
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Alvarado, Texas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 112
- JOHN FREDERICK ANTHONYCorporal · February 1, 1967
- EARL WAYNE JENNINGSPrivate First Class · February 3, 1967
- AUGUST DAVID JOHNSONSeaman · February 3, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- HAROLD EUGENE LEESergeant · February 3, 1967
From Alvarado
- CHARLES LIGON CRONKRITEMajor · June 20, 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.