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LEONARD CHARLES LEESER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 24, 1935 – January 28, 1970
Service recordLeonard Charles Leeser, of Floral Park, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 28, 1970, in North Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 40 AER SQ
- Born
- January 24, 1935
- Home of record
- Floral Park, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1970
- Age
- 35
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1970. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “40 AER SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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
Also on Panel 14W, Line 75
- MICHAEL WOODROW HUNTERWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 1970
- CLEVELAND OSBORNE JOHNSONSergeant First Class · January 28, 1970
- JOHN MONROE JONES JRSergeant · January 28, 1970
- KENNETH EDWIN KOCHPrivate First Class · January 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HOLLY GENE BELLMajor · Panel 14W, Line 73
- WILLIAM CHARLES SHINNStaff Sergeant · Panel 14W, Line 77
From Floral Park
- JOSEPH PRICE LIPTONLance Corporal · May 1, 1967
- JOEL BARRY WARSHAWSKYCorporal · September 22, 1967
- KENNETH WILLIAM TAPPE JRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- MICHAEL ALBERICILance Corporal · August 24, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH STAHLPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- ALIN EMILE NORRISPrivate First Class · April 30, 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.