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LEONARD DAVID FORD
Private · U.S. Army
May 16, 1946 – February 13, 1966
Service recordLeonard David Ford, of Olustee, Florida, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 28
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. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Olustee, Florida (Baker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 28
- THOMAS HENRY RHODESPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- RICHARD GEORGE THOMASSergeant · February 12, 1966
- DENNIS J TULLERPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- ROGER ALLEN BISESpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HENRY ARTHUR GRETTENPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 29
- CHARLES TERRELL PITTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 29
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.