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CECIL LAVON RENDER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 6, 1947 – April 18, 1968
Service recordCecil Lavon Render, of Danville, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 40
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Danville, Illinois (Vermilion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1968; ten of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 40
- THOMAS JUNIOR LAWSONSpecialist Five · April 18, 1968
- JOSE ANGEL LOPEZ JRHospitalman · April 18, 1968
- STEFAN MAZAKSergeant First Class · April 18, 1968
- ARNOLD PAIRISStaff Sergeant · April 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL EDWIN ADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 36
- MEL ROY BALLARDSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 36
- JERRY LEE BOYLESSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 36
- THOMAS EDWARD CARNEGIEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 37
- SAMUEL PAIGE COWAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 37
- DAVID WALTER DORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 37
- ROBERT KITTRIDGE VARICKSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 42
- ERNEST VETTER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 43
From Danville
- THOMAS EDWARD BROWNLieutenant (junior grade) · April 29, 1966
- WALTER PHILIP JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · August 10, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS ENDERBYLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- ROBERT CARL SHERMANSergeant · June 24, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM DAVISPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- KENNETH RALPH MCALLISTERPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- PERRY DICKEN JRLance Corporal · April 11, 1968
- JOHN ALLEN GOLDSBERY IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- ROBERT DUANE SHIPMANStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1970
- HARRY STANLEY MASON JRSpecialist Four · November 9, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.