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LEONARD ONEAL CHANDLER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 1, 1935 – March 4, 1968
Service recordLeonard Oneal Chandler, of Clanton, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 61
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 1, 1935
- Home of record
- Clanton, Alabama (Chilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 61
- GARY JOSEPH BELLPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- PRENTIS BARNEY BOYKIN JRPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- DAVID KENNETH BRUNINGSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- ALAN DALE CARSONLance Corporal · March 4, 1968
From Clanton
- CARL FRANKLIN GARRISONSpecialist Four · November 2, 1966
- RANDY MICKEL MINORSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD LONGSergeant · November 7, 1967
- TERRY WAYNE LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 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.