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LEON EDWARD BARNARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 14, 1949 – May 31, 1969
Service recordLeon Edward Barnard, of Tazewell, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 35
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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Tazewell, Tennessee (Claiborne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 35
- RAYMOND ERVIN BAUMGARNERStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1969
- EDWARD RUSSELL BEASLEYSergeant · March 14, 1969
- THEOPHILUS BOWLESSpecialist Four · March 14, 1969
- SAMUEL HOPE JRPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL VINCENT NELSONCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 29
From Tazewell
- RAY TAYLORPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- LARRY DALE LOVEAirman First Class · January 15, 1971
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.