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LEONARD LEE BROENNEKE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 21, 1950 – June 14, 1971
Service recordLeonard Lee Broenneke, of Moscow, Idaho, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 75
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Moscow, Idaho (Latah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1971; six of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 75
- FRANKLIN THOMAS CRITESCorporal · June 14, 1971
- DENNIS MICHAEL DICKECaptain · June 14, 1971
- EARL ROY LESTER JRSergeant · June 14, 1971
- JEFFREY DAVID SCHUMACHERPrivate First Class · June 14, 1971
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN THOMAS CRITESCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 75
- EARL ROY LESTER JRSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 75
- JEFFREY DAVID SCHUMACHERPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 75
- MANUEL MIRANDASpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 76
- WILLIAM THOMAS WALSH JRCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 76
From Moscow
- HARRY MILTON BRENNMajor · April 13, 1967
- RODGER MAGNUS KOEFODCorporal · April 27, 1969
- MICHAEL HARRIS PAINTERPetty Officer First Class · August 8, 1969
- RONALD BENTON RUEPPELFirst Lieutenant · September 27, 1971
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.