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LEE ELDEN SINCLAIR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 18, 1940 – May 29, 1969
Service recordLee Elden Sinclair, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 18
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 18, 1940
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 23W, Line 18
- JOE RODRIGUEZCorporal · May 29, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES ROSENOWCorporal · May 29, 1969
- MICHAEL CORY VOLHEIMSpecialist Four · May 29, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 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.