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NEAL ALEXANDER LORD JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 24, 1942 – May 7, 1970
Service recordNeal Alexander Lord JR, of Whittier, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 126
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Whittier, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 126
- GERALD VERNON LUNDYSergeant · May 7, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH MCCARTHYSergeant · May 7, 1970
- DAVID CARROLL MCCRANIESergeant · May 7, 1970
- MICHAEL JOHN ORWIGSergeant · May 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM THOMAS WADDELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 128
From Whittier
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MCROBERTSSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL OLANDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- RICHARD MIGUEL HARTNELLPrivate First Class · July 31, 1966
- DANNY RAY RUNDLEPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN CARDCorporal · February 16, 1967
- HUGO ARTHUR BOCANEGRAPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MELENDREZSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN THIRKETTLEPetty Officer Third Class · November 26, 1967
- DANIEL ALEXANDER VERDUGOLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT BLAIR ENGLAND IIPrivate First Class · January 29, 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.