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LEO FRANCIS HARTSUFF
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 12, 1948 – September 7, 1969
Service recordLeo Francis Hartsuff, of East Lansing, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 12, 1948
- Home of record
- East Lansing, Michigan (Ingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1969; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 54
- PAUL FREDERICK FOULKSpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- DAVID MICHAEL HARTOGHLance Corporal · September 7, 1969
- DOUGLAS JOSEPH LAMBERTPrivate First Class · September 7, 1969
- MICHAEL GLENN LOYDPrivate First Class · September 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JACKSON SWIGERStaff Sergeant · Panel 18W, Line 56
From East Lansing
- GEOFFREY EMMONS GREENFirst Lieutenant · September 8, 1965
- JAMES PHILLIP LACLEARPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CANTLON JRPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- DOUGLAS J MILLERSergeant · December 10, 1966
- VERNON CHARLES WILDERSPINSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- CRAIG GEOFFREY KNOBLOCHPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- NORMAN ALAN FREDASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1969
- ASA PARKER GRAY JRColonel · May 13, 1969
- THEODORE RICHARD LEIGHTONFirst Lieutenant · January 27, 1970
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.