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STANLEY LAWRENCE LEHRKE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 30, 1948 – June 18, 1972
Service recordStanley Lawrence Lehrke, of San Diego, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 18, 1972, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 45
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 30, 1948
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1972
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1972; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 45
- LARRY RONALD KILPATRICKLieutenant Commander · June 18, 1972
- DONALD HERMAN KLINKETechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1972
- JACOB EDWARD MERCERSenior Master Sergeant · June 18, 1972
- LARRY JEROME NEWMANTechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1972
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.