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MILAN LAVOY LEE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 14, 1945 – September 19, 1970
Service recordMilan Lavoy Lee, of Muncie, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Muncie, Indiana (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 73
- MARK ALAN HENSLEYCorporal · September 19, 1970
- TORY DRAKE LAWRENCECorporal · September 19, 1970
- JESSE LEE LENLEYSpecialist Four · September 19, 1970
- LELAND MCGEE MEHLSSergeant · September 19, 1970
- WESLEY ALVIN STIVERSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 2005
From Muncie
- NEIL BERNARD MCKINNEYFirst Lieutenant · September 2, 1963
- ROBERT LEWIS CLARKStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- FRED YOUEL WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- EDWARD C ZIMMERMAN JRLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- GLENDON LEE AMMONColonel · September 21, 1966
- ELMER LEVERNE BUCHANANPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CAREYSergeant · January 26, 1967
- HARVEY GRANT HOWE JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 1967
- ALAN CRAIG SHROYERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1967
- CHARLES DUANE SAYLORSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
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.