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LONNEY LEWIS EHLERS
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 9, 1947 – June 1, 1967
Service recordLonney Lewis Ehlers, of Rhodes, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Rhodes, Michigan (Gladwin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 27
- WILLIAM BERTUS ESSLINGERPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- FRANK JAMES GALLANTStaff Sergeant · June 1, 1967
- DONNELL HENDERSONLance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH KILKENNYLance Corporal · June 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD HAROLD RIXMANNPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 29
- JOSEPH ANDREW TOMKOCaptain · Panel 21E, Line 30
From Rhodes
- CHARLES DANIEL MAXSONPrivate First Class · December 5, 1967
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.