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LISTON RAPHEAL LEONARD
Private · U.S. Army
October 16, 1949 – February 22, 1970
Service recordListon Rapheal Leonard, of St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 45
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1949
- Home of record
- St Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (St Thomas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 45
- MARK ARDELL JENEWEINSergeant · February 22, 1970
- ROBERT WILLIAM KUHNStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1970
- FREDERICK ERIC LEOPOLDPrivate First Class · February 22, 1970
- JACKIE LEE LEWALLENPrivate First Class · February 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JERRY KAOPUA BRIGHTERSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 43
From St Thomas
- CLARENCE VEREN BEVERHOUDTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- DAVID LEE BRODEURPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- LLEWELLYN ANTONIO SMITHPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
- WINSTON GLENWOOD RAYMOCorporal · May 3, 1967
- LOUIS EDWARD BERRYSpecialist Four · January 12, 1968
- ROY ANTONIO AUBAINCorporal · January 4, 1969
- CUTBURT HURTAULTCorporal · June 14, 1969
- JAMES AUGUSTUS FRANCISSpecialist Five · August 25, 1969
- JOHN ALBION WHEATLEYCorporal · May 26, 1970
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.