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WILLIAM LEONARD
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 4, 1948 – January 14, 1970
Service recordWilliam Leonard, of Marlborough, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 14, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 33
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Marlborough, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 33
- GILBERT ALBERT BENAIMPrivate First Class · January 14, 1970
- ROGER GENE KIDWELLPrivate First Class · January 14, 1970
- REINALD SANTIAGO-CASTILLO JRSpecialist Four · January 14, 1970
From Marlborough
- KOSMAS PETER KAPETANOPOULOSFirst Lieutenant · March 13, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES MCDONOUGHPrivate First Class · August 29, 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.