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DAVID EARL LEMCKE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 28, 1947 – May 21, 1968
Service recordDavid Earl Lemcke, of Hilton, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 16
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 1 BN 40 ARTY 108 ARTY
- Born
- July 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Hilton, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 64E, Line 16
- WILLIAM THOMAS JONESCorporal · May 21, 1968
- KENNETH JOSEPH KNOWLESSpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
- DENNIS WILLIAM LANECorporal · May 21, 1968
- JAMES WARREN LIEBESPECKStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
From Hilton
- GERALD ANTHONY WILSONSpecialist Five · August 12, 1968
- RONALD GENE QUINNSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
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.