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MELVIN VERNON LEVAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 29, 1950 – June 22, 1971
Service recordMelvin Vernon Levan, of Dixon, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 86
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Dixon, Illinois (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 86
- FRANK RUDOLPH MAKIMajor · June 22, 1971
- MARSHALL GREGORY MILLERSpecialist Four · June 22, 1971
- MADISON ALEXANDER STROHLEINStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1971
- DONNIE WRAY ANDERSONSpecialist Five · June 24, 1971
From Dixon
- DENNIS EUGENE DAWSONCorporal · February 13, 1969
- PATRICK MARTIN DIXONFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 1969
- ROGER ALLEN SCARBROUGHPrivate First Class · August 31, 1970
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.