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LEONARD EDWARD NISKI
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 17, 1933 – May 10, 1967
Service recordLeonard Edward Niski, of Amsterdam, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 10, 1967, in Phu Bon Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- May 17, 1933
- Home of record
- Amsterdam, New York (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Phu Bon
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Bon Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 85
- PHILLIP ANTHONY OBRIENPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- RAYMOND LOUIS PRINCELance Corporal · May 10, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL REIDCorporal · May 10, 1967
- DELANCY DUBARRY TOLBERTLance Corporal · May 10, 1967
From Amsterdam
- EDWARD STEPHEN STEFFEKPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- JOHN GEORGE BANSAVAGEStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1966
- EDWARD STANLEY KOPIKPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH CELMERCaptain · March 18, 1967
- RICHARD WALTER BUDKACaptain · December 25, 1967
- FELIX ANTHONY SISARIOSergeant First Class · January 1, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL MANCINIPetty Officer Second Class · January 11, 1968
- DONATO JOSEPH SIMIELESergeant · June 9, 1968
- PETER FEDASCHSergeant · June 29, 1968
- MICHAEL LYNCHSpecialist Five · March 15, 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.