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HENRY THOMAS LEONARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 19, 1943 – November 11, 1966
Service recordHenry Thomas Leonard, of Henderson, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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Panel 12E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 281 AVN CO
- Born
- August 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Henderson, North Carolina (Vance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 12E, Line 55
- MARION LEE KEMPNERSecond Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH LIVINGSTONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- ARNOLD ATWOOD LUNDColonel · November 11, 1966
- ARTHUR STEWART MEARNSColonel · November 11, 1966
From Henderson
- CLARENCE RAY BRAMEPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- ROBERT LEE PERRYPrivate First Class · August 24, 1966
- PHILLIP EARL TAYLORSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- RONNIE DARNELL ADCOXLance Corporal · March 3, 1967
- WILLIAM CLIFTON CLAY IIICaptain · April 12, 1967
- DONALD ARRINGTON JOYNERLieutenant Colonel · December 27, 1972
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.