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LEON CHARLES STEIN
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
May 30, 1927 – July 9, 1965
Service recordLeon Charles Stein, of Reading, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 9, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 33
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- May 30, 1927
- Home of record
- Reading, Pennsylvania (Berks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1965
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1965; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 33
- IGNACIO ALMANZAR JRLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- WILLIAM LENNINGTON BROWNLieutenant · July 9, 1965
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- JAMES ALBERT HALLPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
From Reading
- CHARLES ELLSWORTH DOERRMANTechnical Sergeant · May 28, 1963
- MICHAEL GERARD HOYERPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- LAWRENCE JAMES DEISHERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- GERALD LEROY BERGPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- RICHARD BROWN HEYDTMajor · March 11, 1967
- RALPH MICHAEL WENTZELPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- BARRY L ADAMPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- GLENN CHARLES BAERPrivate · August 15, 1967
- JOEL EDWARD FALLERSpecialist Four · August 22, 1967
- TOM JAY BAGENSTOSEPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
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.