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LIONEL WORKMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 14, 1943 – August 7, 1969
Service recordLionel Workman, of Clearfield, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 110
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Clearfield, Kentucky (Rowan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 110
- LEWIS LEROY SHORTSpecialist Four · August 7, 1969
- FREDERICK WELSHPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- RICHARD LEE WILSONPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- EDMOND DALE WIMMERGRENSpecialist Four · August 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERALD MICHAEL HYATTSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 107
- EDMOND DALE WIMMERGRENSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 110
From Clearfield
- FREDERICK BRIAN SKAGGSPrivate First Class · 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.