Leonardo Capistrano Leonor

Vietnam War
Unit523rd Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankMajor U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromAstoria New York
Date of DeathOctober 10 1972
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Major Leonor was a member of the 523rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Udorn Airfield, Thailand. On October 10, 1972, he was the navigator of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4E) on a mission 5 miles south of Ron, Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam. His remains were recovered on October 7, 1994 and identified on February 25, 2002. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.