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LANCE JOSEPH CLEVELAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 2, 1946 – July 2, 1966
Service recordLance Joseph Cleveland, of Puyallup, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Puyallup, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 118
- HANSEL BROWNPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- DENNIS LEE BURTONSpecialist Four · July 2, 1966
- ANTHONY CAPRIGLIONEPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- CHARLES LOUIS CHATMONPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
From Puyallup
- RICHARD ANDREW ALMMajor · February 1, 1966
- STEVEN MARTY SMITHPrivate First Class · April 4, 1966
- TIMOTHY E WORKMANSpecialist Five · January 18, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE PETERSENCorporal · October 18, 1967
- GARY HENRY FORSLieutenant Colonel · December 22, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE SWALLEYSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- MARK OWEN CHARETTESergeant · April 6, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL MIOTKECorporal · August 17, 1969
- RONALD FRANK HOPKINSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1970
- MARK ALLEN MATTERPrivate First Class · October 1, 1970
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.