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LEROY EDWARD LEONARD
Captain · U.S. Air Force
April 6, 1938 – March 23, 1967
Service recordLeroy Edward Leonard, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 23, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 30
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- April 6, 1938
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 30
- STEVEN RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1967
- JOHN TERRENCE KINGLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- ROBERT LEE PATE IIIPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- RANDALL LAWRENCE PERRYSpecialist Four · March 23, 1967
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.