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LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JR
Commander · U.S. Navy
June 7, 1925 – September 18, 1965
Service recordLeonard Frederick Vogt JR, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 18, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 90
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. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 75 USS INDEPENDENCE CVA 62
- Born
- June 7, 1925
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1965
- Age
- 40
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VA 75 USS INDEPENDENCE CVA 62”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2E, Line 90
- LARRY LEE TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- JOHNNIE PAUL WINFREYPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · Panel 2E, Line 85
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- MATTHEWS SHELTONPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.