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JOHN ARTHUR LEHECKA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
March 12, 1942 – January 10, 1970
Service recordJohn Arthur Lehecka, of Macon, Mississippi, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 10, 1970, in Laos, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 23
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- March 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Macon, Mississippi (Noxubee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1970. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 23
- GEORGE ANDREWS HOWESChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 10, 1970
- DENNIS FLOYD KABARACorporal · January 10, 1970
- JAMES GREGORY LEGASpecialist Four · January 10, 1970
- NEILE COOPER MACKAYCorporal · January 10, 1970
From Macon
- JAMES WARREN COCKRELL JRFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 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.