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SIDNEY LAMAR LEONARD
Captain · U.S. Army
October 10, 1938 – February 10, 1968
Service recordSidney Lamar Leonard, of Gadsden, Alabama, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 10, 1938
- Home of record
- Gadsden, Alabama (Etowah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 64
- IGNACIO ALVAREZ JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- RICHARD MEREDITH ANDERSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- JACKIE WAYNE BERRYCorporal · February 10, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH BREFCZYNSKIMaster Sergeant · February 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD BERNARD SIEKIERKASergeant First Class · Panel 38E, Line 72
- GEORGE STANLEY SUTTONSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 73
From Gadsden
- RICHARD DEWAYNE BEARDENPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE MCNABBCaptain · June 27, 1966
- LEWIS CECIL BARNARDSergeant · July 18, 1966
- FREDDIE BEE GLOVERPrivate First Class · August 14, 1966
- JIMMIE BRYSON DENNEYPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- DAVID HAROLD FREEMANSergeant · October 12, 1966
- LEWIS EDWARD MILAMCorporal · March 21, 1967
- RICKY GENE SMITHPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- CHARLES R LATTAMajor · August 9, 1967
- MELVIN BAKERStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1968
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.