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RICHARD JAMES LEONARD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 16, 1945 – August 6, 1970
Service recordRichard James Leonard, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 88
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Practical Nurse (91C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 88
- JAIME HERNANDEZ-CARRASQUILStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1970
- RODNEY GEORGE JOHNDROStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1970
- ROBERT CARROL MOLLENHOURPrivate First Class · August 6, 1970
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.