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LEONARD WAYNE CHRISTESON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 27, 1949 – August 12, 1968
Service recordLeonard Wayne Christeson, of Durham, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 51
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Durham, Kansas (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 51
- STEPHEN MICHAEL CARNINECorporal · August 12, 1968
- BOBBY JOE CLARKCorporal · August 12, 1968
- GEORGE ROBERT CLAYPOOLGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1968
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.