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LENO RENALDO DILLETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 2, 1947 – April 25, 1971
Service recordLeno Renaldo Dillett, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 11
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 2, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 11
- RICHARD MAURIC BEAUREGARDSergeant · April 24, 1971
- JOHNNY GORDON WILLIAMSONSergeant · April 24, 1971
- EDWARD MEARL BALLSpecialist Five · April 25, 1971
- KEITH EUGENE HANEYPrivate First Class · April 25, 1971
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.