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LEONARDO CAPISTRAN LEONOR
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 22, 1940 – October 10, 1972
Service recordLeonardo Capistran Leonor, of Astoria, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on October 10, 1972, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Weapon Systems Officer (1551C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 523 TFS UDORN AB
- Born
- September 22, 1940
- Home of record
- Astoria, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- October 10, 1972
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1972. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “523 TFS UDORN AB”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam 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 81
- CARL OTTIS MCCORMICKLieutenant Colonel · October 6, 1972
- PETER MCARTHUR CLEARYMajor · October 10, 1972
- FRED GEORGE MICKSergeant · October 12, 1972
- JOHN ROBERT PEACOCK IICaptain · October 12, 1972
Same unit, same day
- PETER MCARTHUR CLEARYMajor · Panel 1W, Line 81
From Astoria
- CHRISTOPHER JO OSULLIVANCaptain · May 30, 1965
- HECTOR LOPEZPrivate · October 6, 1965
- GRIJALBA HUMBERTO RONSpecialist Four · October 8, 1965
- JOSEPH FRANK SMITHPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH BARZANSpecialist Four · September 25, 1966
- JOSEPH JAMES DODDPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- LARRY ANTHONY CRISCISpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- RUSSELL LOUIS FILIBERTISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL AGAZZIPetty Officer Third Class · September 29, 1967
- GILBERT DIAZLance Corporal · January 28, 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.