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MELVIN DENNIS LEMBKE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 23, 1944 – December 11, 1968
Service recordMelvin Dennis Lembke, of Grand Forks, North Dakota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Grand Forks, North Dakota (Grand Forks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1968; nine of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 4
- JOHN CLARENCE LIVERMANLance Corporal · December 11, 1968
- WENCESLAO ROSAS MATIAS JRCorporal · December 11, 1968
- ELIJAH MILES JRSpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
- RONALD ANTHONY OSINSKIPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ATWELL ASBELL ARMSTRONGPrivate · Panel 37W, Line 84
- JAKE EDWARD HURSTSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 3
- ELIJAH MILES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 4
- ALEXANDER POZMANN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36W, Line 5
- RALPH EDWARD ROACHSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 5
- RONALD M ROMEROSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 5
- HERMAN FRANCIS RUBINPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 6
- DONALD KEITH VADAKINSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 8
- EUGENE WALTERSSergeant · Panel 36W, Line 8
From Grand Forks
- ROBERT EDWIN SWANSONPrivate First Class · October 26, 1965
- MARTIN WILLIAM STEENMajor · May 31, 1966
- CLIFTON EMMET CUSHMANMajor · September 25, 1966
- EUGENE LOUIS LAVOY JRPrivate · March 3, 1967
- GARY WAYNE LINDSAYLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- JAMES CHRISTIAN FREIDTPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
- WILLIAM TOD POTTERCaptain · February 5, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES OLSONPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- RICHARD FRANK TRISKESergeant · June 2, 1968
- THOMAS EARL ALDERSONCaptain · October 3, 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.