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VINCENT BURKE LEE
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 24, 1945 – November 23, 1969
Service recordVincent Burke Lee, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 112
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- May 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Lawrence, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 112
- ROBERT ANDREW CLEMENTSCaptain · November 23, 1969
- GRAYLAND JONESPrivate First Class · November 23, 1969
- ROBERT MOORE JRSpecialist Four · November 23, 1969
- ALBERT EDEN PARKERSpecialist Four · November 23, 1969
From Lawrence
- JAMES AUGUSTINE STCYRLance Corporal · March 26, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS GILE JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- PAUL DANIEL GUIMONDPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- GERALD FRANCIS CURRIERCaptain · November 4, 1966
- DAVID FRANCIS DEVOESergeant First Class · November 7, 1966
- MARTIN JOSEPH SULLIVANLieutenant Commander · February 12, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS COTELance Corporal · April 5, 1967
- DENNIS JOHN MANNIONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH GILBERTCorporal · August 12, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOHN FARELLIMajor · February 18, 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.