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LOREN VICTOR LEE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 24, 1947 – August 17, 1968
Service recordLoren Victor Lee, of Vallejo, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Vallejo, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1968. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 33
- MICKY RAY HIGHLANDERPrivate First Class · August 17, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM IGERTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1968
- NOBE RAY KOONTZ JRCaptain · August 17, 1968
- DAVID STEVEN LASSITERPrivate First Class · August 17, 1968
From Vallejo
- ROY LOCKHARTStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- CHARLES SHERLEE SATCHERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ERNEST EUGENE SIMONSCorporal · April 16, 1966
- RUSSELL MARK WAGNERSergeant · January 28, 1967
- THOMAS LYLE BARLEENCorporal · April 12, 1967
- FREDERICK W FROMME JRLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- TERRY ALAN HARDINGPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- TOMMY RAY GARTONSpecialist Four · June 15, 1967
- ALFONSO PAUL BARTALOTTIPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
- VICTOR ANTHONY ENDERIZSergeant · December 2, 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.