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LEONARD JOHN DADANTE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 30, 1941 – September 9, 1965
Service recordLeonard John Dadante, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 9, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 78
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1941
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 9, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 9, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 78
- CHARLES BERNARD GOODWINLieutenant Commander · September 8, 1965
- GEOFFREY EMMONS GREENFirst Lieutenant · September 8, 1965
- ROBERT DAVID RUDOLPHLieutenant (junior grade) · September 8, 1965
- BARNEY EVANS BOYERCorporal · September 9, 1965
Same unit, same day
- HARRY ALLAN HIPKEPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 79
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2E, Line 79
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · Panel 2E, Line 80
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JAMES PATRICK BROCKCorporal · December 10, 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.