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NED LEE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 17, 1944 – February 8, 1968
Service recordNed Lee, of Flagstaff, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 29
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Flagstaff, Arizona (Coconino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 29
- LANNY EARL HALESpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- DENNIS WAYNE HAMMONDStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1968
- ANTHONY WILLIAM HANDLEYCorporal · February 8, 1968
- JOHN IRVINE HASELBAUERPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
From Flagstaff
- BRADLEY A WALKERPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- VINCENT B BAKERPrivate First Class · November 10, 1967
- MELVIN DEW NEWTONSpecialist Four · March 29, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM LITZLERCorporal · June 15, 1968
- JAMES LAVERN HARBOTTLECorporal · August 21, 1968
- RICHARD ANDRADELance Corporal · February 3, 1969
- DALE EUGENE CRICKLance Corporal · February 11, 1969
- RICHARD DAVID HULSECaptain · March 23, 1970
- JAMES MARK DAVISSergeant · May 8, 1970
- DAN OWEN FELTSSergeant · September 20, 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.