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LEONARD JOHN SCHOEPPNER
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
October 2, 1943 – March 9, 1970
Service recordLeonard John Schoeppner, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 9, 1970, in North Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VF-21 USS RANGER CVA 61
- Born
- October 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1970. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VF-21 USS RANGER CVA 61”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 101
- KEITH HAROLD REITZSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- EDWARD ROBINSONSpecialist Six · March 9, 1970
- RICHARD LOUIS STILLSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- LOTHAR GUSTAV T TERLACaptain · March 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- REX LEWIS PARCELS JRLieutenant (junior grade) · Panel 13W, Line 100
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 1966
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.