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LONNIE DALE FIELDS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 22, 1949 – November 6, 1970
Service recordLonnie Dale Fields, of Upton, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 42
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Upton, Kentucky (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 42
- J C DAVISSergeant · November 5, 1970
- MEREDITH LEE BARNETTSergeant · November 6, 1970
- WILL DANNY BILLINGSSpecialist Five · November 6, 1970
- RUBENEDID HERNANDEZ-RODRIGUEZStaff Sergeant · November 6, 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.