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LEONARD ISLER CRAVEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 14, 1935 – February 11, 1966
Service recordLeonard Isler Craven, of Jeffersonville, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 25
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Nuclear, Biological, And Chemical (Nbc) Specialist (54E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1935
- Home of record
- Jeffersonville, Indiana (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 25
- MOSES M COTTONPrivate First Class · February 11, 1966
- RAYMOND ALEXANDER DAVISPrivate First Class · February 11, 1966
- SAFFORD SMITH PYESergeant · February 11, 1966
- DANNY CARL SCHULTZPrivate First Class · February 11, 1966
From Jeffersonville
- DAVID MARVIN JOLLEY JRSpecialist Four · May 22, 1966
- GUY CLIFTON GETTINGSPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- RICHARD LOUIS BARTLEYCorporal · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM EUGENE MORMAN JRSergeant · November 11, 1968
- MALCOLM EUGENE LOMAXPrivate · November 27, 1968
- CARL RODMAN HINKLESpecialist Four · December 29, 1968
- RICHARD TYRONE LEAVELLPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
- JAMES HOWELL SUMNERFirst Sergeant · May 2, 1969
- ROBERT DEAN LEWISSpecialist Four · May 12, 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.