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LONNIE EUGENE LUNDY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 2, 1947 – September 11, 1968
Service recordLonnie Eugene Lundy, of Detroit, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 27
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Alabama (Lamar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 27
- LARRY LEE LISKOWSergeant · September 11, 1968
- ARMANDO LOPEZPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- HAROLD JOSEPH MATHEWS JRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- CYRIL MITCHELL JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ELDON DEAN COLDREN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 22
- LEONARD OLSEN GRAVESPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 25
- LARRY WAYNE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 26
- ALBERT LOUIS LAZZAROTTOPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 26
- DAVID OLIVER PAINTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 44W, Line 28
- KESTUTIS A PETRAUSKASSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 28
- THOMAS WARREN ROBERTSSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 28
- AKOS DEZSO SZEKELYCaptain · Panel 44W, Line 31
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.