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WASH JUNIOR LINDSAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 10, 1948 – July 18, 1967
Service recordWash Junior Lindsay, of Laurinburg, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Laurinburg, North Carolina (Scotland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 23E, Line 89
- RICHARD JOHN TORTORICEChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 11, 1967
- DAN CLIFTON STARNS JRFirst Lieutenant · July 18, 1967
- PATRICK JOHN SWEENEYHospitalman · July 18, 1967
- JUAN MANUEL ALBA ZAMORACorporal · July 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD BEN ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 84
- GILBERT FLOYD BALLARDPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 84
- JAY BARKLOW MARTINE JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 87
- STANLEY TOMASZEWSKI JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 87
- JEROME SIMSSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 88
From Laurinburg
- LESTER WAYNE ROBBINSSpecialist Four · February 19, 1967
- DONALD RAY YARBOROCorporal · January 24, 1970
- JAMES ERWIN TAYLORCorporal · July 26, 1970
- WILSON CAMPBELLCorporal · September 10, 1970
- JAMES MCDUFFIE JRCorporal · October 1, 1970
- HAROLD CLIFTON MARSHStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1970
- HARVEY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · March 6, 1971
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.