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LEONARD ASHBY HULTQUIST
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 1, 1935 – March 5, 1966
Service recordLeonard Ashby Hultquist, of Ogallala, Nebraska, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 118
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 1 MAR
- Born
- October 1, 1935
- Home of record
- Ogallala, Nebraska (Keith County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1966; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “L CO 3 BN 1 MAR”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 118
- ROBERT JOHN HIBBSSecond Lieutenant · March 5, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- FRED HOWARD HORTONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- THOMAS ALVIN JENNINGSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOSE ENRIQUE LAGUERPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 120
From Ogallala
- WILLIAM JAMES KILDAREPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
- ROGER DILLON MCQUAYCorporal · February 7, 1968
- ROBERT VIRGIL NOWAKSergeant · February 18, 1968
- ROBERT RAY BOYLEPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- ROY JOHN MOHRSenior Master Sergeant · May 28, 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.