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LEONARD JOSEPH LIPAROTO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 1, 1948 – September 12, 1968
Service recordLeonard Joseph Liparoto, of Monroe, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 38
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Monroe, Michigan (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1968; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 38
- SAMUEL CHAPMAN MAXWELLColonel · March 16, 1968
- WAYNE DANIEL JENKINSSpecialist Four · September 12, 1968
- HENRY LOUIS JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- RICHARD DRIGGS LEMAY JRMajor · September 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY BUTLERCorporal · Panel 44W, Line 35
- DAVID COURTNEY DAHLINSergeant · Panel 44W, Line 36
- JOSEPH MACONPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 39
- KENNETH ALBERT WEDMANSpecialist Five · Panel 44W, Line 43
From Monroe
- NORMAN WALTER HECK JRCaptain · December 8, 1964
- MELVIN DAROLD DUTYSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
- GRANT MADISON GILBREATHPlatoon Sergeant · April 11, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL CLAVIERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- LOUIS ROBERT BALOGSergeant · February 4, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GILBERTSergeant · May 14, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- RODNEY ALLEN VORESpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- SAMUEL GAROLD BOSENBARKWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1969
- JOSEPH BURNITT RIGGSSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
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.