Leonor, Leonardo Capistran, Maj

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Major

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
1551C-Weapon Systems Officer

Last AFSC Group
Weapons and Munitions

Primary Unit
1971-1972, 432nd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing

Service Years
1965 - 1972

Other Languages

Spanish

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home Country

Philippines

Year of Birth
1940

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Casualty Info

Home Town Astoria, NY	Last Address Udorn RTAFB, Thailand

Casualty Date Oct 10, 1972
Cause MIA-Finding of Death	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Vietnam, North (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia	Wall/Plot Coordinates 01W 081

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Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1972, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
	2012, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page

Operation Tiger Hound
From Month/Year April / 1965	To Month/Year May / 1973
Description 8 Dec 65 – 11 Nov 68; U.S. 2nd Air Division operation to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail in the lower portion of the Laotian panhandle, from Route 9 west of the DMZ, south to the Cambodian border and to reduce North Vietnamese infiltration down the trail into South Vietnam. Air strikes against targets in southern Laos to interdict the flow of troops and supplies into the RVN. Evolved from and associated with Operation Steel Tiger.

My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year April / 1965	To Month/Year May / 1973

Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020

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