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LENARD F MOEGGENBORG
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 2, 1948 – August 24, 1969
Service recordLenard F Moeggenborg, of Alma, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 107
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Alma, Michigan (Gratiot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 107
- WILLIAM FRANK GOLLIDAYCorporal · August 24, 1969
- DENNIS LEE HENRYSergeant · August 24, 1969
- WILLIAM DUANE KAYGAPrivate First Class · August 24, 1969
- JOSEPH JOHN MILANOPetty Officer Third Class · August 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM FRANK GOLLIDAYCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 107
- RICHARD JOSEPH WHITECorporal · Panel 19W, Line 110
From Alma
- FRANK RAYMOND JRPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- ROBERT D REICHERTSergeant · March 24, 1968
- WESLEY ROY POTTERCorporal · January 20, 1969
- KENNETH REX MCNEILLPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- DEWITT STANLEY VANCECaptain · December 17, 1969
- RODNEY KENNETH MILLSStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1970
- DAYLE RAYMOND HALLSpecialist Four · February 4, 1971
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.