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UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967.
UH-1 helicopters of the 1st Cavalry Division skim the coastline near Chu Lai, October 1967. Photo: PFC Franklin G. Nickerson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Warren Lively II.

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WARREN LIVELY II

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

January 26, 1951 – July 11, 1970

Service record

Warren Lively II, of Trenton, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 8W · Line 9

Position of Panel 8W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
Unit (as recorded)
1 AVN BDE
Born
January 26, 1951
Home of record
Trenton, New Jersey (Mercer County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 11, 1970
Age
19
Province
Binh Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

Five names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 8W, Line 9

Same unit, same day

From Trenton

All 51 names from Trenton →

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.