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LEE ROY EDWARD LINTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 11, 1948 – November 29, 1970
Service recordLee Roy Edward Linton, of Reeseville, Wisconsin, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 93
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Reeseville, Wisconsin (Dodge County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 93
- WILLIAM ARNOLD KETCHUM JRLance Corporal · November 29, 1970
- JON MARC KINGFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1970
- CHARLES LOUIS KOLLENBERGFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1970
- SAMMIE JAMES LONGSergeant · November 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JACK RONALD GIBBSSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 90
- RAYMOND HENRY GRAYSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 91
- ROBERT JOSEPH POLNIAKCaptain · Panel 6W, Line 95
From Reeseville
- LARRY GENE LACAEYSEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
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.