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DALE JAMES LENIO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 31, 1949 – August 27, 1969
Service recordDale James Lenio, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 125
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 125
- RODGER LEE JAMESONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1969
- DUANE GERALD LANDISHospitalman · August 27, 1969
- SANFORD JAMES LEDBETTERSergeant · August 27, 1969
- PETER HINCHMAN MCMURRAYFirst Lieutenant · August 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID EDWARD FREESTONEPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 124
- WILLIAM J WICKWARDSergeant First Class · Panel 19W, Line 126
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.