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LESTER DANCHETZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 1, 1949 – March 9, 1969
Service recordLester Danchetz, of Rahway, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 86
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Rahway, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1969; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 86
- BOBBY DEAN CLARKSergeant · March 9, 1969
- KENNETH GEORGE CLARKE JRSergeant · March 9, 1969
- MILO DEAN CLEMENTSSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- RODNEY LANE CRANESergeant · March 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEON BEARDSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 84
- RANDY RONELL BOYKINSCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 85
- ALTON LEE ELLISPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 87
- STEVEN CHARLES ERBENTRAUTPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 87
- CALVIN NORMAN JRSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 87
- DAVID JAMES HORDERNCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 90
- RICHARD ARTHUR LAMEIRASSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 90
- MICHAEL PATRICK OCONNORCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 93
- DOUGLAS NOEL ROWECorporal · Panel 30W, Line 95
- DONALD LEE SHIRLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 96
- JESSE BRENT STEVENSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 96
- HUEY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 97
From Rahway
- CARMINE VINCENT GENOVESEPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- DONALD HARVEY MOSESFireman Apprentice · July 9, 1966
- GALE HERBERT FELVERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1966
- MARTIN M DIANTONIO JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- EDWARD J KAMINSKISergeant First Class · February 29, 1968
- GREGORY HENRY STALEVICZPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- JACK ADRIAN BARNHARTPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
- MYRON RUDOLPH ROSS IIPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- ROBERT GEORGE SOLOMONSpecialist Four · August 19, 1969
- WILLIAM VINCENT YOUNGSpecialist Five · February 7, 1970
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.