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JAMES MICHAEL LEONARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 23, 1948 – May 31, 1969
Service recordJames Michael Leonard, of Edmond, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 28
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Edmond, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; eight of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 28
- DAVID WASHINGTON KINNEYCorporal · May 31, 1969
- JOHN N LACHICASergeant First Class · May 31, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT LEWISPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
- BILLY JOE RALPH MARTINSpecialist Five · May 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BYRON THOMAS CALKINSSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 25
- JEROME NORMAN DOLLCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 26
- ROBERT JOSEPH FULLERSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 26
- JOAQUIN RODRIGUEZ TELLOSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 26
- PATRICK MICHAEL HAGERTYPrivate · Panel 23W, Line 27
- PRENTISS HARRIS JRSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 27
- MICHAEL FREDERICK HEATHPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 27
- SALVADORE INIGUEZ RUIZSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 31
- KENNETH WESLEY SCURRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 31
- WILLIAM JERRY SEWELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 31
- RALPH HENRY ZERINGUESergeant · Panel 23W, Line 32
- STEPHEN EDWARD TURZILLISpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 33
- PHILIP GRANT WEIRSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 33
From Edmond
- JOHN CHARLES WILSONSergeant · October 16, 1966
- LARRY IVAN BROADHEADCaptain · May 10, 1969
- JAMES EARL JOHNSONCorporal · November 7, 1969
- ROBERT WAYNE BURNESFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1970
- ALLEN MATTHEW GARRETTStaff Sergeant · April 15, 1970
- DANNY JEAN SHORESSpecialist Four · October 6, 1970
- FLOYD WENDELL FRAZIER JRSergeant · October 19, 1971
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.