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LON M FLETCHER
Private · U.S. Army
February 20, 1947 – October 5, 1965
Service recordLon M Fletcher, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 107
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- ADHERENE LOUIS HAINESSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- JOHN CHARLES HAUSCHILDTFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 1965
- RUSSELL M HEATHPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 106
- KENNETH MONROE HYETTSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 106
- ADHERENE LOUIS HAINESSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 107
- RUSSELL M HEATHPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 107
- JESSE RAY HUGHES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 108
- ABELL MOSESPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 108
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 109
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- DAVID EARL GARRAPYCorporal · 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.