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JOSE LEZAMA JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 25, 1948 – March 26, 1969
Service recordJose Lezama JR, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 49
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
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 31 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP
- Born
- June 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 49
- WILLIAM COLUMBUS STREVEL JRCaptain · March 1, 1969
- ROBERT DARYL LIESERPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- BOBBY PAT LINDLEYPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- JAMES LEE LOCKEFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1969
- CLYDE AUSTIN LUCASSpecialist Five · March 26, 1969
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 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.