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LENUS EDWARD MEAD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 15, 1949 – January 7, 1970
Service recordLenus Edward Mead, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 8
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 8
- REID CHARLES HENNINGSENSpecialist Four · January 7, 1970
- MICHAEL GEORGE HOFFCommander · January 7, 1970
- JOHN ALLEN HURSTSpecialist Four · January 7, 1970
- MICHAEL WILLIAM LYNESergeant · January 7, 1970
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 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.