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LARRY GENE LEOPOLDINO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 18, 1947 – April 25, 1969
Service recordLarry Gene Leopoldino, of Hilo, Hawaii, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 48
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Hilo, Hawaii (Hawaii County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 48
- KENNETH W FOWLERTechnical Sergeant · April 25, 1969
- JOHN MARTIN MADDEN JRPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
- JOHN A MARSHFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1969
- MITCHELL MESSINGSergeant · April 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RALPH LOUIS CUTLERSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 44
- ELTON LLOYD SEARCYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 26W, Line 50
- THOMAS GORDON STONGESpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 51
- DAVID WARREN WATSONCaptain · Panel 26W, Line 51
From Hilo
- CHARLES MAHELONA IOPACorporal · September 10, 1965
- DELMORE BYRON NERVEZASpecialist Five · December 6, 1965
- KAORU HONDASpecialist Five · September 3, 1967
- FRED KAWAILANI MAS HATADASpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- STEVEN ROSS WOLTERPetty Officer Third Class · March 31, 1968
- KENYU SHIMABUKUROGunnery Sergeant · August 22, 1968
- RODNEY TAMOTSU FUKUNAGACorporal · April 9, 1969
- MICHAEL SEIJI NAKASHIMASpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- ERROL WAYNE PERREIRAPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
- ALBERTO MILAR JRSergeant · September 7, 1969
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.