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LANCE DAVIS WORKMAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 4, 1947 – July 11, 1971
Service recordLance Davis Workman, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 106
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 106
- THOMAS TIMOTHY COLLINSSpecialist Four · July 11, 1971
- DANIEL GENE DORMANSpecialist Four · July 11, 1971
- MICHAEL EUGENE LUKOWChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 11, 1971
- CURTIS GLENN VANWINKLESergeant · July 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS TIMOTHY COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 106
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 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.