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LEONARD EARL DUTCHER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 6, 1947 – June 2, 1968
Service recordLeonard Earl Dutcher, of Melrose, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 13
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Melrose, Wisconsin (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 13
- THOMAS JAMES HARBOURPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- WILLIAM WASHINGTON HENCESergeant First Class · June 2, 1968
- JAMES LEROY HILLPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
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.