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--- General / Personal ---
Last name: TEDESCO
First name: LEONARD VITO
Home of Record (official): AKRON
State (official): OH
Date of Birth: Thursday, March 21, 1946
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: PFC
Serial Number: 52655792
Component: Selective Service
Pay grade: E3
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 11D20
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
K Troop 3rd Squadron
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Tuesday, August 23, 1966
Date of Casualty: Monday, June 19, 1967
Age at time of loss: 21
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Multiple fragmentation wounds (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam
Province: Phuoc Tuy
The Wall: Panel 22E - Row 021
--- Interment ---
LEONARD
VITO TEDESCO
(cemetery unknown)