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MELVIN LEE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 30, 1947 – April 6, 1969
Service recordMelvin Lee, of Pacolet, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 25
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Pacolet, South Carolina (Spartanburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 25
- LAWRENCE ARCHIE HILKINPrivate First Class · April 6, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN KELLYPrivate First Class · April 6, 1969
- DAREN LEE KOENIGSergeant · April 6, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL LYONSSpecialist Five · April 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ARTHUR BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 23
- OLLIE JAMES DANIELPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 24
- THOMAS STEVEN DELUCA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 24
- ANGELO FIGUEROAPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 24
- LAWRENCE ARCHIE HILKINPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 25
- LEO JOE SCHROLLER JRCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 27
From Pacolet
- JOHN CLIFFORD SMITH IIISpecialist Five · September 26, 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.