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LONNIE DEE FOLEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 13, 1933 – May 11, 1971
Service recordLonnie Dee Foley, of Santa Paula, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1971, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 32
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 13, 1933
- Home of record
- Santa Paula, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1971
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 32
- JERRY ALLEN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1971
- JERRY WILLIAM LAMBERTSergeant First Class · May 11, 1971
- STEVEN LARRY MARTINSpecialist Four · May 11, 1971
- GEORGE WILLIAM WINKLES JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JERRY WILLIAM LAMBERTSergeant First Class · Panel 3W, Line 32
From Santa Paula
- MAX V VASQUEZ IIIPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- EDUARDO CHAVEZPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- DENNY MILBURN JACKSONSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JUAN JOSEPH DEMARACorporal · March 5, 1968
- DANIEL JACQUES BOTTANPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- DENNIS MEVES KEITHSpecialist Four · February 6, 1969
- TIMOTHY ELTON LARMONPrivate First Class · October 21, 1969
- JIM RAY CAVENDERChief Warrant Officer 3 · November 4, 1969
- WILLARD FRANCIS PAYNEStaff Sergeant · August 10, 1971
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.