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LEONARD OLGUIN CAAMANO
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 10, 1947 – September 28, 1969
Service recordLeonard Olguin Caamano, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 14
- FRANK FRANCIS AUGUSTINESergeant · September 28, 1969
- JAMES CLYDE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- LESTER CHARLES COOKPrivate First Class · September 28, 1969
- DUANE CARL SCOTTPrivate First Class · September 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES HENRY EMERY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17W, Line 15
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.