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LYNELL NEBLETT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 4, 1946 – September 29, 1967
Service recordLynell Neblett, of Blackstone, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 31
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Blackstone, Virginia (Nottoway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 31
- NIEL BURNS RIGGSPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- CLARENCE RIVERSPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- BOBBY JAMES SHELTONSpecialist Four · September 29, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL SKOVRANPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
From Blackstone
- LLOYD FIELDS JRStaff Sergeant · April 13, 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.