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PETER ALLEN LEHMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 28, 1947 – June 6, 1969
Service recordPeter Allen Lehman, of Cold Spring Harbor, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 89
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Cold Spring Harbor, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; nine of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 89
- DON HARRISON LASCELLESStaff Sergeant · June 6, 1969
- RONALD DEAN LAYTONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- CARL DONALD LYNCHCorporal · June 6, 1969
- DENNIS JAMES MANSONCorporal · June 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY HULAN BARBEEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 82
- STEPHEN BURL GEURINPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 86
- WILLIE LEE JOESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 88
- DANNY LYNN PARKERCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 91
- ERNESTO ROSARIO-SOTO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 92
- JAMES LOUIS TODTENBIERSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 93
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.