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LEONARD ROGER CATON
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 23, 1940 – March 8, 1969
Service recordLeonard Roger Caton, of Laurel, Montana, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 73
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 23, 1940
- Home of record
- Laurel, Montana (Yellowstone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 73
- WALTER ANDREW CARPENTERWarrant Officer 1 · March 8, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS CRAIG JRStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1969
- EDGAR ALLEN DEES JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 8, 1969
- DAVID HENRY DEFORGEFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH MAC LEEPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 78
From Laurel
- RICHARD DALE PICKETTPrivate First Class · May 22, 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.