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LEONARD LONG
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
April 6, 1947 – March 26, 1968
Service recordLeonard Long, of Tulare, California, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 37
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Tulare, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Khe Sanh was under way. From 21 January 1968, North Vietnamese divisions besieged the Marine combat base at Khe Sanh and its hill outposts near the Laotian border for 77 days, while U.S. aircraft dropped some 100,000 tons of bombs around it. Operation Pegasus reached the base on 8 April. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 46E, Line 37
- ROGER MARK LINKPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE LOMAXSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- LEO JOHN MATYLEWICZSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- MARVIN LACY MAYOCorporal · March 26, 1968
From Tulare
- REYNALDO CASTIL HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- FRED CONTRERAS NUNEZStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- WILLIAM O SAUNDERS JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- ALVIN RAY BROWNSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- DENNIS EDWARD PURCELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 24, 1968
- PILAR JOSEPH CUELLARPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD WELLSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- CHARLES ALEXANDER JONESSergeant First Class · May 22, 1969
- KEITH WAYNE LARIMERSpecialist Four · June 19, 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.