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MARK STEVEN LENNON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 9, 1947 – April 26, 1969
Service recordMark Steven Lennon, of South Bend, Indiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 55
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 9, 1947
- Home of record
- South Bend, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 55
- DWIGHT ALLEN MCNEESSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
- EDWARD FRANCIS MILESCaptain · April 26, 1969
- WILLIE JAMES MURRYCorporal · April 26, 1969
- DONALD WILLIAM NOELSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
- LARRY DOUGLAS PARRPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEO MEYERS BRELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 52
- JAMES DAVID BURNSSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 52
- JOHNNIE LEE GRAHAM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 54
- RICKEY ALLEN PROCTORSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 56
- ROBERT LEE TRISDALESergeant First Class · Panel 26W, Line 57
From South Bend
- JOHN RUSSELL HILLSMajor · February 14, 1966
- RONALD LEE RUNKELLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- ALLEN L HIGGINBOTHANSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- EVEANS JERRY STULTSSergeant · September 2, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE KASAStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1967
- LARRY FLOYD JANKOWSKIPrivate · May 8, 1967
- RUSSELL PERRY MILLERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- LONNIE MICHAEL HOLMESSergeant · June 15, 1967
- LEE CHARL HITCHCOCKCaptain · September 10, 1967
- MICHAEL JENNINGS HALLSecond Lieutenant · January 8, 1968
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.