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LONNIE LEE STERN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 6, 1949 – January 3, 1971
Service recordLonnie Lee Stern, of Aberdeen, South Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 24
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Aberdeen, South Dakota (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 24
- FERRIS ANSEL RHODES JRMajor · January 3, 1971
- WILLIAM TERRY STODARDPrivate First Class · January 3, 1971
- CHARLES WAYNE STRATTONMajor · January 3, 1971
- DAVID ALEXANDER TRESTERSpecialist Four · January 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH POWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 23
From Aberdeen
- RONALD RUSSELL SCHNAIDTAirman First Class · April 5, 1967
- CHARLES J MILBRANDTSpecialist Four · May 13, 1967
- VERN JACOB FRIEDPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- RICHARD FREDRICK RENNOLETSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- DENNIS RICHARD VOLKSpecialist Five · June 5, 1968
- DONALD DUANE KORBPlatoon Sergeant · June 21, 1968
- EDGAR DONALD MATTHEWSSergeant First Class · June 3, 1970
- DONALD DEAN LAYTONPrivate First Class · August 4, 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.