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LEE FRANCIS LINCH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 12, 1947 – February 1, 1969
Service recordLee Francis Linch, of Hanover, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 34
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Hanover, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 34
- RONALD LE ROY OSTENSONPrivate First Class · February 1, 1969
- MELVILLE BRICE ROSE IIIFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1969
- GEORGE SANTIAGO SANCHEZCorporal · February 1, 1969
- FREDERICK SCHMITTSergeant First Class · February 1, 1969
From Hanover
- LLOYD CHARLES LAUGERMANLance Corporal · January 12, 1967
- DAVID B RODMANCaptain · May 8, 1968
- DENNIS LEROY RILEYPrivate First Class · February 16, 1969
- GEORGE LEONARD MUMMERTPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
- PAUL ALBERT LECRONELance Corporal · April 9, 1970
- JEFFREY HAROLD MILLERCorporal · June 9, 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.