Leonard Louis Alvarado (February 13, 1947 – August 12, 1969) was a U.S. Army posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War. Alvarado joined the Army in 1968, and served as a specialist four. While on an exercise to rescue a trapped American platoon in Phuoc Long Province, Alvarado's company was attacked by the besiegers, and it was pinned down. Alvarado was wounded several times, but took out several enemy gun positions. While in the process of covering suppressing fire, Alvarado died of his wounds. He was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor in 2014.