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LEONEL BUENTELLO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1943 – February 14, 1968
Service recordLeonel Buentello, of Gregory, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 29
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A TRP 3 SQD 4 CAV 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Gregory, Texas (San Patricio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 29
- JOHN GEORGE BELLANGERLance Corporal · February 14, 1968
- WILLIAM BLAKELYPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- FREDERICK WILLIAM BUNGARTZPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- CHARLES MORRIS BURKESpecialist Four · February 14, 1968
From Gregory
- DANIEL GUTIERREZ CAVAZOSAirman · July 29, 1967
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.