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LEONARD JAMES TRUMBLAY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 26, 1945 – April 6, 1971
Service recordLeonard James Trumblay, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 110
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 110
- MARTIN DOUGLAS GOENSpecialist Four · April 6, 1971
- JOSEPH WALLACE JOHNSONSergeant · April 6, 1971
- RICHARD JON LOCKWOODStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1971
- DONNIE CARL TAYLORSergeant · April 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CLAUDE ROBERT GIBBONSSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 109
- RICHARD JON LOCKWOODStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 110
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.