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JIMMY FRANCIS LEHMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 24, 1944 – March 3, 1968
Service recordJimmy Francis Lehman, of South Bloomingville, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 53
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 24, 1944
- Home of record
- South Bloomingville, Ohio (Hocking County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 188 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 53
- GARY ALVIN LARSENPetty Officer Third Class · March 3, 1968
- DONALD WAYNE LATTMANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- PETER MITCHELLSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- GEORGE HERBERT NESTLERODELieutenant Colonel · March 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN ALSMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 42E, Line 47
- RONALD JEROME DENT CASPERPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 48
- DAN EUGENE CHARLESPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 48
- JAMES MICHAEL DARBYPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 48
- VINCENT ANTHONY DATENASpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 49
- FRANCISCO FRANCOSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 51
- WILLIAM ARLIN JORDANPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 52
- JIMMIE EDWARD PARKERSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 55
- DANIEL L PENSONSpecialist Five · Panel 42E, Line 55
- HARMON WAYNE PERRYSpecialist Five · Panel 42E, Line 56
- EDDIE LEE PLEASANTSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 56
- SAMUEL DEWEY RIDER JRSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 56
- THOMAS F SMITH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 57
- RICHARD CHARLES SPENCERSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 57
- KENNETH LINDLE OLDHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 58
- DENNIS HUGH THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 58
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.