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LEONARD ADRIAN BIRD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 14, 1943 – July 13, 1968
Service recordLeonard Adrian Bird, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 13, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 21
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Frs Basic Ea-6a/B Electronic Warfare Officer (I) (7582)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMFA 115 MAG 13 1 MAW
- Born
- September 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 52W, Line 21
- NORVELL JOHNATHAN WEBBSpecialist Four · July 12, 1968
- JOHN LEON ABRAMSLieutenant · July 13, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER LEONARD BURTONLance Corporal · July 13, 1968
- STEVEN L BYINGTONSpecialist Four · July 13, 1968
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 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.