Rank: Private First Class
Unit: F Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 9-May-1950
Hometown: Washington, District Of Columbia
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: Unknown
Start of tour: 28-Feb-1970
Incident date: 4-May-1970
Date of casualty: 4-May-1970
Age at death: 19
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Grenade. Multiple fragmentation wounds.
Leon Garnett Jr died as a result of wounds received while at a night defensive position when the area came under attack by a hostile force. He was admitted to a military medical facility and later expired.
Three Blackhorse troopers died as a result of this incident:
SGT Ray Francis Evans
PFC Leon Garnett Jr
SP4 Ernest Reginald Lasher Jr
Location of fatality: Tay Ninh, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, USA
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