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LEONARD PAUL KUNSMAN JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 14, 1950 – December 2, 1970
Service recordLeonard Paul Kunsman JR, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 103
- JOHN LARRY STALLINGSCaptain · December 1, 1970
- JESUS M BERRIOS-RIVERAPrivate First Class · December 2, 1970
- JAMES HARRY MARKLANDPrivate First Class · December 2, 1970
- PAUL EDWARD WOLFESpecialist Four · December 2, 1970
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.