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LEONARD ROBERTSON
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
January 12, 1945 – July 7, 1972
Service recordLeonard Robertson, of Northport, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on July 7, 1972, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 54
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Vma (Aw) (I), Frs Basic A-6 (7511)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMA AW 533 MAG 15 1 MAW
- Born
- January 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Northport, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 7, 1972
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 54
- LOUIS HAZELAirman First Class · July 8, 1972
- ROBERT FRANCIS TOWNES JRSpecialist Four · July 8, 1972
- STANLEY J KUICKColonel · July 9, 1972
- JOHN ANDREW TODDFirst Lieutenant · July 9, 1972
From Northport
- CHARLES PATRICK MCCAFFREYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- CORNELIUS F MURPHY JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD KLINGENFirst Lieutenant · September 4, 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.