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STANLEY JOHN LENTO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 19, 1949 – July 24, 1969
Service recordStanley John Lento, of Blaine, Maine, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Blaine, Maine (Aroostook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 40
- ELI WHITNEY KNIGHTON JRSergeant · July 24, 1969
- JAMES WESLEY LOONEYLance Corporal · July 24, 1969
- PETER JOSEPH MORKACorporal · July 24, 1969
- LEON LOPEZ MORRISSpecialist Four · July 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARCHIE HUGH MCDANIEL JRCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 41
- PAUL JOHN SALMINENSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 41
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.