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LEONARD BEATTY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 17, 1949 – November 20, 1968
Service recordLeonard Beatty JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1968; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 16
- ALBERT D CONTREROS JRSergeant · November 20, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CRESCENZCorporal · November 20, 1968
- RICHARD WALTER DIERSSergeant · November 20, 1968
- WILLIAM EMERSONCaptain · November 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 14
- THOMAS JOHN BURTONPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 15
- JEFFREY LYNN HICKSSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 18
- BENNY JAMES SAPPPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 20
- GERALD DAN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 22
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.