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LEONARD CHARLES WARNICK
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
January 14, 1949 – June 7, 1970
Service recordLeonard Charles Warnick, of Polk, Nebraska, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 7, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 25
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Born
- January 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Polk, Nebraska (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 25
- MICHAEL CRAIG ROCKEYCorporal · June 7, 1970
- VICTOR ARNALDO TAFOYACorporal · June 7, 1970
- FRANCIS PEDRO VALDEZSpecialist Five · June 7, 1970
- KURT MICHAEL WILBRECHTFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1970
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.