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JAMES WARREN LENZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 2, 1952 – June 23, 1970
Service recordJames Warren Lenz, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1970, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 84
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 2, 1952
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 84
- EUGENE HUGGINSStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1970
- REGNOLD JOSEPH LACOSTLance Corporal · June 23, 1970
- HAROLD LEE LINVILLEPetty Officer Second Class · June 23, 1970
- PATRICK DARREN LOVELLPrivate First Class · June 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS JAMES DILLONSpecialist Five · Panel 9W, Line 82
- DANIEL JOHN HALLOWSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 83
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 85
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 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.