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DAVID LEE LOCKARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 12, 1947 – October 13, 1968
Service recordDavid Lee Lockard, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 59
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 59
- FREDERICK RAYMOND HORRIDGEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- JAMES D HUNTLieutenant Commander · October 13, 1968
- PERRY OWEN JACOBSPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- PIERCE MALLORY KIMBALLSpecialist Four · October 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM OLEN AUSTINPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 56
- BRYAN MICHAEL CHILCOTEPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 57
- JACK DUANE GOLDENPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 58
- JOHN MARK HANSENSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 58
- PIERCE MALLORY KIMBALLSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 59
- WILLIAM GEORGE MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 60
- JOHN PETER PELLEGRINOSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 61
- AMAND RICHARD CARL SAINTPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 61
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.