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LEONARD FREDERICK JANTZEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 26, 1946 – April 8, 1967
Service recordLeonard Frederick Jantzen, of Bethpage, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 124
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Bethpage, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 124
- JAMES NOEL KATRENICSCorporal · April 8, 1967
- BOHDAN KOWALSpecialist Four · April 8, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE KRAFTFirst Lieutenant · April 8, 1967
- DAVID WAYNE LAURITSENPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM S ROBERTSON IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 17E, Line 128
From Bethpage
- STEPHEN EDWARD KAROPCZYCFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1967
- MICHAEL ROY MORGANLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- OTTO CHARLES GRABOWPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- GERALD WILLIAM MCCAFFREYSpecialist Five · February 26, 1968
- GUIDO FARINAROLance Corporal · July 30, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL HASENFLUGPrivate First Class · November 10, 1969
- WILLIAM FREDERICK HENAGHANSpecialist Four · May 10, 1972
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.