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LEONARD LEE YAZZIE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 10, 1945 – May 28, 1968
Service recordLeonard Lee Yazzie, of Pinon, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Pinon, Arizona (Navajo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 2
- PHILLIP EDGAR WYATTPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES ANDERSONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- DANIEL MICHAEL ARIZMENDEZCorporal · May 29, 1968
- KENNETH NEAL BLAIRPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
From Pinon
- YAZZIE B TEN HUSKIESpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
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.