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LEONARD OUTLAW
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Coast Guard
December 19, 1936 – March 23, 1972
Service recordLeonard Outlaw, of Grandy, North Carolina, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Coast Guard. He died on March 23, 1972, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Coast Guard
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (ENC)
- Born
- December 19, 1936
- Home of record
- Grandy, North Carolina
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1972
- Age
- 35
- Added to the Wall
- 2016
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1972. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 52
- TOM ROBERT ADLERStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1971
- JOHN HENRY GRUBERSpecialist Four · May 23, 1971
- PHILIP DEAN SHARPCaptain · May 23, 1971
- ROBERT KEITH BLOSSERSergeant · May 24, 1971
- RANDALL CHARLES SHORTSpecialist Four · May 24, 1971
Source. This name was added to the Wall in 2016, after the 2008 Department of Defense casualty file used for most of this site was compiled. Panel, line and the details above are as listed for this name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund’s Wall of Faces. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.