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PAUL AUSTIN LEONARD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 29, 1947 – November 28, 1967
Service recordPaul Austin Leonard, of Annapolis, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Annapolis, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 101
- WILLIAM GARY HALLCorporal · November 28, 1967
- GARY BLAINE JONESPrivate First Class · November 28, 1967
- DONALD WILLIAM KEMBLE IVFirst Lieutenant · November 28, 1967
- DON N MAYHUESpecialist Four · November 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DON N MAYHUESpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 101
- SAM TENORIOSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 2
From Annapolis
- KURT WILLIAM GAREISSCaptain · February 24, 1965
- WILLIAM EUGENE TUCKER JRLance Corporal · May 3, 1966
- LAWRENCE HENRY DONNELLStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1967
- JAMES S MACVICKAR JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- ALBERT FLOYD WRIGHT JRCorporal · August 2, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE MUSTAINSpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
- TEDDY WAXMANSergeant · November 30, 1967
- WILMER PAUL COOKLieutenant Commander · December 22, 1967
- ALEXANDER KEARNEY WARDCaptain · February 16, 1968
- CARLISLE OGDEN WARK JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
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.