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LEONARD JAMES SUGIMOTO
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 26, 1947 – December 16, 1969
Service recordLeonard James Sugimoto, of Gardena, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 65
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Gardena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 65
- TERRY LEE PERZCorporal · December 16, 1969
- ROY LEE ROYSTONSergeant · December 16, 1969
- RALEIGH JOHN SNELL JRSergeant · December 16, 1969
- AARON WALKERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL CARL CAPITANIPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 62
- JOHN W CREWS JRSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 62
- THOMAS EDWARD DEVINECorporal · Panel 15W, Line 62
- MICHAEL JOSEPH DRAKEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15W, Line 62
- JOSEPH NORMAN EVELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 62
- FRANCIS MICHAEL GIRARDOTCaptain · Panel 15W, Line 63
From Gardena
- ERVELL MADRID GUEVARAPrivate · June 22, 1966
- STEPHEN ERNEST DUKEHARTPrivate · December 23, 1966
- JIMMIE CARTER MARTINPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- BERNARDINO GONZALEZ JRPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- GEORGE RICHARD LINDERSergeant · May 16, 1967
- MACK EDWARD GREGORYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- ALFRED FRANKLIN SIMPSONCorporal · August 9, 1967
- JOHN MARTIN KEPPLERPrivate First Class · September 15, 1967
- JAMES ARLIA BLANKENSHIPPrivate First Class · December 31, 1967
- RICKEY EUGENE APPLEBYLance Corporal · March 9, 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.