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DANNY LEE LIGHTSEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 14, 1949 – July 25, 1971
Service recordDanny Lee Lightsey, of Valdosta, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1971, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 114
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Valdosta, Georgia (Lowndes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 114
- GREGORY ALFRED ANTUNANOSergeant · July 24, 1971
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DONOVANSpecialist Five · July 24, 1971
- JOHN CALVIN HALSEYSpecialist Four · July 25, 1971
- LINWOOD LEE BAKERStaff Sergeant · July 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN CALVIN HALSEYSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 114
From Valdosta
- JOHNNIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · December 15, 1965
- HORACE ALVESTER HAMPTONPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- MAXIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- CLEVELAND DAVID JONESStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1967
- LAWRENCE KENNETH SEPULVEDASergeant Major · January 7, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE BRUNTPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- WILLIE LEE RICHARDSONMaster Sergeant · March 1, 1968
- LARRY LEON MITCHELLSpecialist Four · May 20, 1968
- JAMES WESLEY INMANCorporal · June 16, 1968
- ROY CARROLL REGISTERStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1968
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.