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LOWRENZO NEELEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 27, 1950 – January 22, 1970
Service recordLowrenzo Neeley, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 58
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- 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 January 22, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 58
- DONALD HENRY MAJKOWSKICorporal · January 22, 1970
- GEORGE DEWEY QUICK JRPrivate First Class · January 22, 1970
- DEAN ALLEN BORNEMANSpecialist Four · January 23, 1970
- ROBERT JOSEPH MULLENS JRFirst Lieutenant · January 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BULLA JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 14W, Line 56
- LENNIS CLYDE GENTRYSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 57
- WALTER WILLIAM NUNLEY JRSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 57
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.