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DAVID JOHAN LEHMAN III
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
April 5, 1947 – December 14, 1968
Service recordDavid Johan Lehman III, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 14, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 22
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- April 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1968; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 22
- RICHARD GARVER JESTERCorporal · December 14, 1968
- GEORGE FRANKLIN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 14, 1968
- LARRY GENE LAMPHIERPrivate First Class · December 14, 1968
- DANNY ALBERT MCGEEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1968
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.