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KENNETH EDWARD LEONARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 11, 1949 – September 15, 1969
Service recordKenneth Edward Leonard, of Havertown, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 89
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Havertown, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 89
- JERRY GENE GATLINPrivate First Class · September 15, 1969
- STEPHEN AYER JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · September 15, 1969
- DONALD RICHARD KREGELOHSpecialist Four · September 15, 1969
- DONALD ALVIN LIEBLLance Corporal · September 15, 1969
From Havertown
- EDWARD LEON ROMIGLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
- ELDRIDGE CHAR AIGELDINGERPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- EDWARD JOHN RAFFERTYStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1967
- ALONZO R TOALMajor · January 6, 1968
- DENNIS LOUIS MAGRIESpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH WEISSSecond Lieutenant · May 18, 1968
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.