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JESSE LEE LENLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 31, 1948 – September 19, 1970
Service recordJesse Lee Lenley, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 73
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Baker (94D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 73
- MARK ALAN HENSLEYCorporal · September 19, 1970
- TORY DRAKE LAWRENCECorporal · September 19, 1970
- MILAN LAVOY LEESergeant · September 19, 1970
- LELAND MCGEE MEHLSSergeant · September 19, 1970
- WESLEY ALVIN STIVERSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 2005
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.