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DENNIS RAY LEHMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 10, 1946 – November 21, 1966
Service recordDennis Ray Lehman, of Newville, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 102
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 87 TRANS CO
- Born
- September 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Newville, Pennsylvania (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “87 TRANS CO”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 102
- WILLIAM EDWARD KENNEDYCorporal · November 21, 1966
- ARNOLD ROSS KRASNOFFPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- ROGER W LAWSONPlatoon Sergeant · November 21, 1966
- BOBBY WELDON LETBETTERSergeant First Class · November 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD KENNEDYCorporal · Panel 12E, Line 102
From Newville
- HAROLD EUGENE BARRICKPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
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.