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LELAND CHARLES COOKE SAGE
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
December 25, 1943 – June 23, 1969
Service recordLeland Charles Cooke Sage, of Waukegan, Illinois, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 23, 1969, in Laos, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 144 USS BON HOMME RICHARD CVA 31
- Born
- December 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Waukegan, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21W, Line 2
- ROBERT JAMES ROBINSONSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- WAYNE RUSSELLPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- DOUGLAS PAUL SAVAGEPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- RONALD LEE VANDUZERCorporal · June 23, 1969
From Waukegan
- WALTER WILLIAM BROWNSpecialist Five · November 5, 1965
- DAVID E BURKESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- PATRICK JAMES HARRISPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- TERRY ALLEN PATTERSONPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- ROBERT ALLAN BRIEDSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- DANIEL MCCARTHY MANNLieutenant (junior grade) · April 7, 1967
- EDWARD STEVEN SACCOSpecialist Four · July 15, 1967
- PETER JOSEPH CANELAKESPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- ERHARDT WILLIAM MATHIESENSergeant · November 22, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE SMRTNIKSergeant · April 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.