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LEONARD CARABEO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 23, 1948 – April 28, 1968
Service recordLeonard Carabeo, of Bisbee, Arizona, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 35
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Bisbee, Arizona (Cochise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 35
- RICHARD WILLIAM CARDINALISpecialist Five · April 28, 1968
- RICHARD ANTHONY CASSANOCorporal · April 28, 1968
- WILLIAM RICHARD COOKColonel · April 28, 1968
- JIMMY LEE CURRYPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
From Bisbee
- LEONARD DOUGLAS DAVISSecond Lieutenant · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN THURSBYStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1969
- CALVIN RUSSELL SEGARPrivate First Class · September 22, 1970
- ROBERT NATHANIEL FIESLERSergeant · April 10, 1971
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.
