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NELSON SAYLER LEHMAN JR
Captain · U.S. Army
April 11, 1941 – March 7, 1967
Service recordNelson Sayler Lehman JR, of Evanston, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 11, 1941
- Home of record
- Evanston, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 36
- DWIGHT BENNIE MAYERSpecialist Four · March 7, 1967
- CECIL DARRELL MCCANNSpecialist Four · March 7, 1967
- WAYNE EDWARD MEESPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- ROBERT LESTER MILLERLieutenant · March 7, 1967
From Evanston
- RICHARD FRANK WALLACECaptain · August 24, 1965
- JAMES E FULLERPrivate · June 22, 1966
- STEPHEN ARTHUR ANDERSONLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOYLEFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1966
- LEE OWENS WHITE JRSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- CLAYTON WINSLOW JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1967
- ALLAN JOSEPH HERMANSecond Lieutenant · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE KEATSCaptain · February 2, 1968
- ALBERT JEAN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JOSEPH HENRY BYRNEMajor · March 13, 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.