First Name: Michael
Last Name: Leonard
Middle Initial:
Date of Birth: N/A
Sex: Male
Martial Status: Not Sure
Number of Children: Not Sure
Home Town: Detroit, Michigan
Education Completed: Not Sure
Other Occupations:
Branch of Service: Army
Highest Rank: N/A
Serial Number: N/A
Platoon: N/A
Age at Start of Service: Not Sure
Years of Service: less than 1
Combat Veteran: Yes
Time in Combat: Not Sure
Place of Combat: N/A
Awards:
Date of Suicide: N/A
Suicide Method: gunshot to head
Veteran’s Story: Mike survived a tour in Vietnam. Stationed in Germany, he encountered extreme pressure from other black soldiers to affiliate with radical race-based groups in the U.S. Army. Mike had no concept of race, and could hardly remember what race a person was. He volunteered for another tour of duty to SEA to escape the verbal and physical attacks. He participated in the incursion into Cambodia on his second tour. On one of his tours he pulled a pilot from a burning helcopter, earning a medal. Mike came home, married, moved to San Angelo, Texas. His two children both died of SIDS. He sometime later took his own life.
Submitted By: Dean B. Mohr
Relationship to Veteran: Relative
