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DERLYN REYNOLD LEHMANN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 8, 1942 – February 7, 1966
Service recordDerlyn Reynold Lehmann, of Boyd, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Executive Administrative Assistant (71C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Boyd, Minnesota (Lac Qui Parle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 12
- LEE ALLEN JAMES JRSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK PETER LANGERSergeant · February 7, 1966
- KONSTANTINS ADOLFS LUBAVSCaptain · February 7, 1966
- HAROLD JOSEPH MARRIETTASergeant · February 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GENE E CHEPELYPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 9
- GUY FORD SNYDERStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 10
- HELDER ARTHUR C DASILVASpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 16
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.