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LEONARD J LEWANDOWSKI JR
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 20, 1946 – October 19, 1966
Service recordLeonard J Lewandowski JR, of Des Plaines, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on October 19, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 90
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- March 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Des Plaines, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 19, 1966
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
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 11E, Line 90
- MICHAEL JOHN BURKEStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1966
- JOSE MANUEL CRUZPrivate First Class · October 19, 1966
- RAY LONNIE GONCEStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1966
- RICHARD EDWARD MISHUKStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD EDWARD MISHUKStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 90
From Des Plaines
- JAMES THOMAS RENZPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- ROBERT EDWIN MATSONSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- MICHAEL STEVEN BRYANTPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- RALPH LAURENCE CARLOCKMajor · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILTON ALBRIGHTLieutenant · March 10, 1967
- DONALD EDWARD WALTERS JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- JAMES T DONAHUE JRWarrant Officer 1 · September 22, 1967
- THOMAS PATRICK KLAUSINGPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- BRIAN JEFFREY CANNADAPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- PATRICK CARLISLE RIORDANPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
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.