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DAVID ATWOOD LERNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 24, 1949 – November 20, 1969
Service recordDavid Atwood Lerner, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 100
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 100
- WITHERS THEODORE JACKSONSergeant · November 20, 1969
- FRANCISCO JIMENEZ-ONEILLMaster Sergeant · November 20, 1969
- HARVEY PAUL KELLEYCaptain · November 20, 1969
- DAVID SAMUEL KLINEStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRED ANTONY EXNER IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 99
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 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.