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DAVID ALLEN LENCHNER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 24, 1947 – December 15, 1968
Service recordDavid Allen Lenchner, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 26
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- August 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 36W, Line 26
- MARK EUGENE MADSENCorporal · December 15, 1968
- KENNETH CARROLL MAJOR JRSpecialist Four · December 15, 1968
- DAVID PIOTROWICZPrivate First Class · December 15, 1968
- EDWARD DOYLE POWERSCorporal · December 15, 1968
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
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.