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EUGENE LENOIR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 29, 1945 – November 13, 1969
Service recordEugene Lenoir, of Mer Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 70
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Mer Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 70
- JOHN MALGER MCLELLANSergeant · November 13, 1969
- DENNIS EVANS MILLIARDStaff Sergeant · November 13, 1969
- JAMES MICHIAL MOORESergeant · November 13, 1969
- PAUL WANDLING PLAMBECK JRCorporal · November 13, 1969
From Mer Rouge
- JAMES WAYNE GATESLieutenant Colonel · April 6, 1966
- THOMAS EARL ALFORD IIIPrivate First Class · December 1, 1968
- BOB JOE FORD JRLance Corporal · December 21, 1969
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.