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LEE TRYON JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 21, 1947 – July 20, 1969
Service recordLee Tryon JR, of San Diego, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 21, 1947
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 27
- STANLEY KUTZ SMILEYLieutenant · July 20, 1969
- GEOFFREY STEPHEN SMITHPrivate First Class · July 20, 1969
- JOHN ERNEST ANDERSONWarrant Officer 1 · July 21, 1969
- NORMAN JOSEPH CHAVARIECorporal · July 21, 1969
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.