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HOWARD THOMAS LENHARD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 19, 1949 – October 5, 1969
Service recordHoward Thomas Lenhard, of Suffolk, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 5, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 41
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Suffolk, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 41
- SHELBY GENE FOSTERPrivate First Class · October 5, 1969
- MICHAEL GALLEGOCorporal · October 5, 1969
- ROBERT MARION HAYNES JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1969
- WALTER JIM HOGANSFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 1969
From Suffolk
- RONALD MICHAEL VIVONACorporal · April 6, 1968
- FRANKLIN DENIS TINSLEYSpecialist Four · October 6, 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.