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LEONARD GORDON GOROSPE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 26, 1944 – August 12, 1966
Service recordLeonard Gordon Gorospe, of Kailua, Hawaii, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 130
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Supply Handler (56A)
- Born
- June 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Kailua, Hawaii (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 130
- GORDON HERBERT DUNAWAYLance Corporal · August 12, 1966
- JOHN WALLACE EDGERLYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1966
- ROBERT DENNIS FINDLEYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1966
- RONALD EUGENE FRIZZELLLance Corporal · August 12, 1966
From Kailua
- RICKY WAYNE RICHARDSONPrivate · July 29, 1967
- RALPH MARION DRYDEN JRMajor · July 28, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT PEACOCK IICaptain · October 12, 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.