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LEONARD MICHAEL GOMOLICKE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 31, 1951 – July 14, 1969
Service recordLeonard Michael Gomolicke, of Cupertino, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 117
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 137 CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- January 31, 1951
- Home of record
- Cupertino, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “137 CO 19 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 117
- RAY GENE DAVISSergeant · July 14, 1969
- WILLIE JAMES DAVISCorporal · July 14, 1969
- PETER AUGUST DROUHARDSpecialist Four · July 14, 1969
- ARNOLD FALCON GARCIAPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- JAMES HOWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WAYNE HUGHESPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 118
From Cupertino
- PATRICK LOUIS OTTCaptain · October 2, 1967
- ALVIN JOHN WESOLOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- LARRY JACK CLANTONCaptain · March 23, 1968
- KENNETH RAY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- RICHARD ALLAN SKAGGSCorporal · June 18, 1968
- RICHARD GREENE MADDOXCaptain · September 23, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM BOWENPrivate First Class · November 9, 1968
- DANIEL GROVER DYESpecialist Five · October 22, 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.