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LEON GARNETT JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 9, 1950 – May 4, 1970
Service recordLeon Garnett JR, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 95
- STEPHEN BRADFORD EMERYFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1970
- JAMES FREDRICK HOPKINSAirman First Class · May 4, 1970
- GEORGE ELLERY HUSSEYMajor · May 4, 1970
- TOMMY L KEARSLEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE IRWIN ROBERTSSergeant First Class · Panel 11W, Line 97
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.