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VERNE ELDON LOCHNER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 25, 1947 – April 2, 1969
Service recordVerne Eldon Lochner, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 1
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 1
- DENNIS RICHARD KNOCHSpecialist Four · April 2, 1969
- CHARLES DENVER MOSSERCorporal · April 2, 1969
- WILLIE JAMES PERKINSStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1969
- CARL JERROLD PETERSONLieutenant Commander · April 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHRISTOPHER DELBERT BANGSSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 106
- THOMAS ROY GORRILLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 107
- RICHARD CRAIG JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 2
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.