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LIN ALBERT MAHNER
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
June 30, 1943 – May 25, 1969
Service recordLin Albert Mahner, of Medford, Wisconsin, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 25, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 105
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- June 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Medford, Wisconsin (Taylor County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 105
- PAUL ARNOLD GRAFFLance Corporal · May 25, 1969
- JOSEPH F MCCARTHY JRSpecialist Four · May 25, 1969
- GEORGE CECIL MELTONPrivate · May 25, 1969
- ARTHUR R NEWKIRKSpecialist Five · May 25, 1969
From Medford
- LAWRENCE CARL DOBRENZAirman First Class · October 24, 1966
- LYMAN CONRAD BACHStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1969
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.