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LEONALD GEORGE GUILETTE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 26, 1949 – October 11, 1970
Service recordLeonald George Guilette, of Casco, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Casco, Wisconsin (Kewaunee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 126
- PETER SHELDON HAWLEYPrivate First Class · October 11, 1970
- LARRY DEAN SHELTONCorporal · October 11, 1970
- MICHAEL SMITHSergeant · October 11, 1970
- MELVIN EUGENE TUCKERPrivate First Class · October 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN GALE GILLIAMPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 125
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.