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Matlovich, Leonard

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Personal name headingMatlovich, Leonard
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Birth date1943-07-06
Death date1988-06-22
Place of birthSavannah (Ga.)
Place of deathWest Hollywood (Calif.)
Field of activityGay liberation movement
AffiliationUnited States. Air Force
Profession or occupationSoldiers Gay activists
Found inData from Learning Corp. of America for Sergeant Matlovich vs. ... [MP] 1979 (subj.): (Sgt. Leonard Matlovich)
Hippler, M. Matlovich, the good soldier, 1989: p. 10 (Leonard Matlovich, b. 7/6/43) p. 153 (d. 6/22/88)
Wikipedia WWW, Dec. 5, 2011 (Technical Sergeant Leonard P. Matlovich (July 6, 1943-June 22, 1988) was a Vietnam War veteran, race relations instructor, and recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star; Service/branch: United States Air Force; Born: July 6, 1943; Savannah, Georgia; Died: June 22, 1988 (aged 44); West Hollywood, California)
Wikipedia, 17 May 2017: Leonard Matlovich (Matlovich was the first gay service member to purposely out himself to the military to fight their ban on gays, and perhaps the best-known gay man in America in the 1970s next to Harvey Milk)