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LENTON EUGENE MIZER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 10, 1950 – July 15, 1970
Service recordLenton Eugene Mizer, of El Dorado, Kansas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 20
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1950
- Home of record
- El Dorado, Kansas (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 20
- EDWARD REYES DIAZSpecialist Five · July 15, 1970
- CLIFFORD GRAYLance Corporal · July 15, 1970
- JIMMY LEE HILLWarrant Officer 1 · July 15, 1970
- STANLEY VICTOR NEWMANSergeant · July 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HARRISON BELLSpecialist Five · Panel 8W, Line 19
- FRED GERALD VANDIVERSpecialist Five · Panel 8W, Line 21
From El Dorado
- CRAIG WESLEY MITCHELLSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- JAMES EARL TURNERSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- MICHAEL ALAN WHITEStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1969
- KENNETH DUANE JOHNSONCorporal · August 23, 1969
- STANLEY DEAN CALVINSpecialist Four · February 21, 1970
- WALTER LEE TAYLOR JRSpecialist Four · April 14, 1970
- GLEN JOHNSON TALIAFERROFirst Lieutenant · August 2, 1971
- STEVEN DALE HOWARDCaptain · October 31, 1972
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.