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FRANK DANIEL LEAL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 3, 1946 – July 21, 1967
Service recordFrank Daniel Leal, of Corona, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 101
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Corona, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 101
- ROBERT ERNEST JOHNSONSergeant · July 21, 1967
- JOE LEWISPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- MARK THOMAS LINDERMANPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- HAROLD EUGENE MORROWGunnery Sergeant · July 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FORMAN ABERNETHYCaptain · Panel 23E, Line 96
- JOHN JOSEPH CAMPAPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 97
- JAMES FRANCIS BEANPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 98
- ROOSEVELT C CURLEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 98
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DAWSONSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 98
- GEORGE FOSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 100
- THOMAS FRANCIS GANIONPrivate · Panel 23E, Line 100
- DOUGLAS WAYNE HILLPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 100
- GARY ALFRED MCLENNANPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 102
- BILLY GENE RODGERSPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 104
- RICHARD JAMES SCHUTZSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 104
- PONDER RAY SIMSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 104
- JAMES LEMAR WHITFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 106
From Corona
- ROBERT EMMETT JONESPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- CHARLES GORDON WOODSPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- MIGUEL ZARAGOZA CONTRERASLance Corporal · July 20, 1967
- LARRY J OROSCOPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- ARCHIE JAMES ROBERTS JRCorporal · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WILKESStaff Sergeant · August 31, 1968
- JOSEPH TREJO JRPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- EDWARD GERARD MATHERNPrivate First Class · September 3, 1970
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.