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LYNN CARL RENNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 9, 1943 – December 26, 1965
Service recordLynn Carl Renner, of Howard City, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 38
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Howard City, Michigan (Montcalm County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 38
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- LARRY C THORNTONChief Master Sergeant · December 24, 1965
- PAUL WILLIAM JANDERSHOVITZSergeant First Class · December 25, 1965
- FERNANDO SEDA JRLance Corporal · December 25, 1965
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.