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JERRY SMITH LEONARD
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
December 13, 1938 – November 1, 1968
Service recordJerry Smith Leonard, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 1, 1968, in Go Cong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 1
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Yeoman (YN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS WESTCHESTER COUNTY LST 1167
- Born
- December 13, 1938
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Go Cong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Go Cong Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USS WESTCHESTER COUNTY LST 1167”, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 39W, Line 1
- HARRY JOHN KENNEYPetty Officer Third Class · November 1, 1968
- ELMER MARVIN KIVELPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD KOTTYANSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- WAYNE KEVIN LAINESpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- JAMES EMMETT MARTINPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JACKIE CHARLES CARTERSeaman Apprentice · Panel 40W, Line 71
- RICHARD CORTEZ CARTWRIGHTPetty Officer First Class · Panel 40W, Line 71
- TIMOTHY CHARLES DUNNINGSeaman · Panel 40W, Line 71
- THOMAS GEORGE FUNKEPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 40W, Line 72
- KEITH WILLIAM DUFFYPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 40W, Line 74
- DAVID GLEASON FELLPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 40W, Line 75
- CHESTER DONALD DALEPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 40W, Line 76
- GERALD EUGENE BOOTH HAMMPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 40W, Line 76
- FLOYD W HOUGHTALING IIISeaman · Panel 40W, Line 77
- ARISTOTOLES DEL R IBANEZPetty Officer First Class · Panel 40W, Line 77
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MILLER JRPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 39W, Line 2
- RODNEY WALTER PETERSPetty Officer First Class · Panel 39W, Line 3
- CARY FRANK RUNDLEPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 39W, Line 4
- REINHARD J SCHNURRER JRPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 39W, Line 4
- THOMAS HERBERT SMITHPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 39W, Line 4
- ANTHONY RICHARD TORCIVIAPetty Officer First Class · Panel 39W, Line 5
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 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.