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LEE MATHEWS LAMBERT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 12, 1949 – March 28, 1968
Service recordLee Mathews Lambert, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 53
- GEORGE RONALD BROWNSergeant Major · March 28, 1968
- GEORGE PHILIP DESMARAISPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES DIMAGARDFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1968
- RAYMOND CHARLES DOWNINSpecialist Four · March 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PETER NELSON BALDWINSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 52
- ROY DAVID ELSTON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 54
- JAMES A HARRINGTON JRSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 55
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.