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STEPHEN WILLIAM LEONARDIS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 15, 1944 – August 16, 1968
Service recordStephen William Leonardis, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1968, in Sa Dec Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 27
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Intelligence Staff Officer (G2,a2,s2) (9301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Sa Dec
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1968; two of them were lost in Sa Dec Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 27
- PAUL LLOYD HUFFSpecialist Four · August 16, 1968
- CRAWFORD JACKSON JRCorporal · August 16, 1968
- PATRICK LEO KORTESMAKISergeant · August 16, 1968
- GARY DON LAWSONPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALEXANDER MARTIN SLUSSEARMajor · Panel 48W, Line 24
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 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.