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JOHN DAVID LONSDALE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 24, 1949 – May 8, 1970
Service recordJohn David Lonsdale, of Stuart, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 132
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Stuart, Iowa (Guthrie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 132
- CLIFFORD EARL JESSELance Corporal · May 8, 1970
- MIGUEL KEITHLance Corporal · May 8, 1970
- MONROE DEE KINGLieutenant Colonel · May 8, 1970
- MICHAEL JOHN LALLYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID AUSTIN BUTCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 129
- JAMES MARK DAVISSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 130
- MICHAEL LEE MCPHERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 2
- PHILLIP JOE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 3
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.