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JERRY LEE LEONARDI
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 3, 1933 – July 10, 1966
Service recordJerry Lee Leonardi, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 3, 1933
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 15
- ALBERT F KLESTINEC JRCorporal · July 10, 1966
- KENNETH C KRAUSSpecialist Four · July 10, 1966
- FRED ANDREW LINDStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1966
- HANS PETER LUTZAirman First Class · July 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SHERRILL VANCE BROWNCaptain · Panel 9E, Line 14
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- LARRY JOSEPH NEHRINGLance Corporal · January 9, 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.