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LEONARD ERIC NYBERG
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 18, 1951 – April 4, 1970
Service recordLeonard Eric Nyberg, of Cucamonga, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 4, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 93
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- October 18, 1951
- Home of record
- Cucamonga, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 93
- JAMES ANTHONY GRAYCaptain · April 4, 1970
- RUSSELL LEO KLEINMaster Sergeant · April 4, 1970
- SAMUEL LOUIS ROBERSONPrivate First Class · April 4, 1970
- DAVID PAUL ROYSpecialist Four · April 4, 1970
From Cucamonga
- RONALD W PENNCaptain · May 29, 1967
- CHARLES BLAKE THOMASLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- DAVID GLENN KELLISONPrivate First Class · April 24, 1969
- DANIEL CARRASCOSpecialist Five · May 2, 1969
- FRED THOMAS TEALPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM MCGUIRESergeant · April 29, 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.