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FRANK LEPTRONE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 9, 1950 – January 29, 1969
Service recordFrank Leptrone, of Wayne, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 16
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Wayne, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 16
- DENNIS LEE KURZPetty Officer Third Class · January 29, 1969
- CHARLES MANLEY MCGOVERNStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1969
- WILLIAM LARRY MOTTPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
- MIGUEL ANGEL PUENTESSpecialist Four · January 29, 1969
From Wayne
- STEVE ORRIS IIIPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD W VINCENTSpecialist Four · December 9, 1965
- BRUNO LEO MARTINPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- CALVIN CARL MORGANSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- RONALD WALTER SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- PETER BODO LEHMANNLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- EDWARD JAMES BOVACorporal · February 6, 1968
- ALFREDO GUZZOCorporal · June 29, 1968
- GLENN JESSE FORD IIIFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1969
- GERARD PAUL PORTAStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1969
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.