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LEON PAUL TRIDLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 10, 1950 – August 30, 1970
Service recordLeon Paul Tridle, of Chula Vista, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 25
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- December 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Chula Vista, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 25
- RUBERT GREGORY HUMPHREYSPrivate · August 20, 1970
- JIM MARBLE RHEADSpecialist Four · August 30, 1970
- OTTO STONE JRPrivate First Class · August 30, 1970
- EUGENE EBEN WOLTERSLance Corporal · August 30, 1970
- LARRY REAUMAINE CARTERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1970
From Chula Vista
- PAUL ARTHUR WILDAUERLieutenant Commander · March 2, 1964
- RICHARD BRIGHTPrivate · July 21, 1966
- RICHARD EARL SIPESPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · February 13, 1967
- WILSON E BIBLER JRSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- EDWIN EARL COOPERHospitalman · February 24, 1967
- JOHN IGNATIUS HIGGINS JRHospitalman · October 14, 1967
- RICHARD D WEEDERSpecialist Five · October 17, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD BIERNACKISergeant · March 14, 1968
- RAYMOND OMER KINCANNONCaptain · April 1, 1968
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.