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LEE HENDERSON RUSS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 28, 1944 – May 3, 1967
Service recordLee Henderson Russ, of Oakland, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 32
- JAVIER ARTURO E SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1967
- CLEON LARRY SCHREFFLERCorporal · May 3, 1967
- PHILLIP CRAIG SKINNERLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- EUGENE DOUGLAS SPICERLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH CAUDILLOCaptain · Panel 19E, Line 22
- JAMES HERBERT FLICKINGERSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 25
- CHARLES FRANKLIN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 26
- CHESTER GALE JORDANPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 27
- RALPH EDWARD MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 29
- GLENDELL MORGANSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 29
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 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.