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LEONARD EDWARD DORNAK
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 26, 1943 – January 8, 1968
Service recordLeonard Edward Dornak, of El Campo, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 83
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Communications Officer (I) (2502)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 COMM BN 1 MARDIV
- Born
- December 26, 1943
- Home of record
- El Campo, Texas (Wharton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 83
- DANIEL DIAZPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- GARY PHILIP DIETZCorporal · January 8, 1968
- ISHMELL EADDYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- PHILLIP JOHN EBERHARDTCorporal · January 8, 1968
From El Campo
- MAURICE W FLOURNOYStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1960
- ALLEN STANLEY MICANSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- EDWARD FRANCIS FEE JRHospitalman · July 4, 1967
- JEFFERY MCCLATCHY JRSpecialist Five · March 1, 1968
- TOMMIE ALLEN ROLFWarrant Officer 1 · May 20, 1968
- CHARLES JEROME MANSKECaptain · May 24, 1969
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.