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LEONARD KUBIAK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 24, 1946 – July 18, 1967
Service recordLeonard Kubiak, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 87
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Marine Hull Repairman (44K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1099 TRANS CO 4 TRANS CMD
- Born
- July 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 87
- WILLIAM HENRY LAMBSergeant · July 18, 1967
- PAUL ALFRED MACKAYPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
- JAY BARKLOW MARTINE JRSecond Lieutenant · July 18, 1967
- STANLEY TOMASZEWSKI JRSpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
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.