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JERRY FRANCIS LENTZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 13, 1945 – April 7, 1968
Service recordJerry Francis Lentz, of Hartington, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Hartington, Nebraska (Cedar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 42
- EUGENE MELVIN JOHNSON JRLance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- VICTOR ELDEN KIDDPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- DENNIS LEE KNOTTSpecialist Four · April 7, 1968
- ARMAND PAUL LESAGEPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SILVESTER BEAUREGARDPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 38
- PAUL DOUGLAS FLOURNOYCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 41
- VICTOR ELDEN KIDDPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 42
- RALPH NORWOOD WELLSSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 49
From Hartington
- JOHN COOK HAYESPrivate First Class · October 16, 1971
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.