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GUERRERO KINNY SAN N LEON
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 22, 1947 – June 29, 1968
Service recordGuerrero Kinny San N Leon, of Hayward, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1968, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Hayward, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Go Cong Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 17
- GARY ROGER HINTHERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1968
- ROBERT WALTER JARONIKSergeant · June 29, 1968
- MICHAEL LOUIS LEWIS JRFirst Lieutenant · June 29, 1968
- EDWARD BYRON LINDSEYSpecialist Four · June 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALFREDO GUZZOCorporal · Panel 54W, Line 16
- EDWARD BYRON LINDSEYSpecialist Four · Panel 54W, Line 17
From Hayward
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH HEALCorporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS HUDSON MCCALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD TYRONE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- ALLEN BARTLEY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- GERALD RUSSELL HENRYLance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- LEVAN ARLIN CHURCHLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- SANFORD SHROUT JRLance Corporal · September 2, 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.