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GERALD FRANCIS LENZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 23, 1949 – January 20, 1968
Service recordGerald Francis Lenz, of Whiting, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 20, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- April 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Whiting, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 88
- SOLOMON KALUA JRCorporal · January 20, 1968
- JAMES ALAN KETTERERCaptain · January 20, 1968
- GENE MARLOW KOSELSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- EDWARD KUBISKYSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
From Whiting
- DAVID GRANT BROWNCorporal · October 14, 1965
- RICHARD FRANCIS BUBALAPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- RONALD PHILIP SOUCYPetty Officer First Class · May 23, 1967
- MICHAEL J KURELLACorporal · February 14, 1968
- DENNIS ROBERT MUVICHSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT KLAPAK JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
- TEDDY LEON HAMELCorporal · November 25, 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.