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DONALD F LEKOVISH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 21, 1946 – December 12, 1966
Service recordDonald F Lekovish, of Lyons, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 39
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Lyons, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 39
- RICHARD CHARLES MARSHLance Corporal · December 12, 1966
- BILLY RICHARD MARTINEZSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- LARRY ALLEN MOSSPrivate First Class · December 12, 1966
- MICHAEL LEWIS NOTTAGESpecialist Five · December 12, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LLOYD BRUCE JENSENSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 38
From Lyons
- JAMES WILLIAM ROBINSON JRSergeant · April 11, 1966
- PAUL RAY STATONPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
- JOHN RICHMOND VANHORNPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.