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HOMER HARDY LEE
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 5, 1930 – March 10, 1968
Service recordHomer Hardy Lee, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 8
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 5, 1930
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1968
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 8
- DAN LEON HERDEBUSpecialist Four · March 10, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR HOOKERStaff Sergeant · March 10, 1968
- JOHN FOSTER JOHNSONSpecialist Four · March 10, 1968
- BOSCH DWAINE WILME VANDENPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.