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LESLIE JOHN LANTOS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 16, 1942 – April 3, 1968
Service recordLeslie John Lantos, of Ten Sleep, Wyoming, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 52
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1942
- Home of record
- Ten Sleep, Wyoming (Washakie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1968; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 52
- JAMES MINTER LANGFORDSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- CLIFTON MALONEStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1968
- JAMES MIRACLE JRPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- QUINTEN EMILE MULLEAVEYSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD DAYSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 48
- WILLIAM JOSEPH FREYSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 50
- KENNETH JEROME HONEKCorporal · Panel 47E, Line 51
- PHILIP LORNE KONIGSFELDSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 51
- JOSEPH G L QUIRION JRCorporal · Panel 47E, Line 53
- CHARLES PATRICK SCARANOPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 54
- DAVID CARL THOMASStaff Sergeant · Panel 47E, Line 57
- GARY EUGENE WATSONSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 57
- THEODORE WILLIAM SANDIDGESpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 58
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.