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RONALD FRED LEONARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 2, 1947 – March 20, 1970
Service recordRonald Fred Leonard, of Lexington, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 26
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Lexington, North Carolina (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1970; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 26
- RUDOLPH DANIEL LOVATOSpecialist Four · March 20, 1970
- DENNIS LEROY MORRILLPrivate First Class · March 20, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD SCHUNEMANNChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 20, 1970
- WILLIE TERRY WALKER JRSpecialist Four · March 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DALE ADAMS BLAKEPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 24
- JAMES LEONARD DAVISSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 25
- HAROLD RAY HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 25
- PHILIP GEORGE KNIEPER JRCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 25
- JAMES PETER KURTHSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 25
- RUDOLPH DANIEL LOVATOSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 26
- DENNIS LEROY MORRILLPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 26
- WILLIE TERRY WALKER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 26
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MCGUIREPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 27
- GARY ROSS STACEYSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 27
- ROBERT NOEL THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 27
- TINSLEY JACK WELLS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 27
From Lexington
- HAROLD DANIEL MCCARNCaptain · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD ROOSEVELT BANKSStaff Sergeant · June 30, 1966
- ROBERT FRANKLIN MELTON JRSpecialist Four · January 15, 1967
- JACOB H CUNNINGHAM IIISpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- WILLIAM FORDSergeant First Class · October 23, 1967
- SAMUEL F HOLLIFIELD JRPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- JIMMY CARROLL HESTERCorporal · December 24, 1968
- ANDREW JACKSON NEWCOMBECorporal · February 14, 1971
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.