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LEONARD JAMES ZIGALLA
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 23, 1935 – August 19, 1969
Service recordLeonard James Zigalla, of Mesa, Arizona, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 19, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 76
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 23, 1935
- Home of record
- Mesa, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 76
- DONALD FRED WOODFirst Lieutenant · August 19, 1969
- RICHARD PATRICK ALBERTCorporal · August 20, 1969
- THOMAS WAYNE BAZEMOREPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- LESTER J BRANTLEYStaff Sergeant · August 20, 1969
From Mesa
- ROBERT ORRIE LONGPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GUY RICHARD REEDPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- BOBBY JOE BAREFIELDPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- JOHN ALLAN RICHPrivate · August 25, 1966
- JERRY TIMOTHY SUTERPetty Officer Third Class · September 15, 1966
- JOHN LOUIS CZECHOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- DALLAS TYLER ADAIR JRCorporal · April 26, 1968
- FRANK G HERRERASergeant · May 18, 1968
- ROJELIO OLIVAN MUNOZ IIPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- MERRILL THOMAS GERAGHTYFirst Lieutenant · September 6, 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.