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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Millard Wesley Lehman.

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MILLARD WESLEY LEHMAN

Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force

May 14, 1943 – July 8, 1966

Service record

Millard Wesley Lehman, of Naco, Arizona, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 8, 1966, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 9E · Line 7

Position of Panel 9E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Airman First Class (A1C)
Service
Regular
Born
May 14, 1943
Home of record
Naco, Arizona (Cochise County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 8, 1966
Age
23
Province
Phong Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Artillery/Mortar/Rocket

Context · from the records

What was happening

Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1966; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 9E, Line 7

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.