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WAYNE MORRIS LENDERMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 28, 1951 – October 12, 1969
Service recordWayne Morris Lenderman, of Rock Island, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 71
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 28, 1951
- Home of record
- Rock Island, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 71
- FOREST DENVER JOHNSON JRCorporal · October 12, 1969
- JAY LYNN KECKSergeant · October 12, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES RINCKSpecialist Four · October 12, 1969
- RICHARD RAYMOND STOLARUNLance Corporal · October 12, 1969
From Rock Island
- DONALD L DRYOELSpecialist Four · April 24, 1966
- TIMOTHY WILLIAM KEARNEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- DANNY WRAY ENGESSERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH ROGIERSMaster Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- DARWIN DALE GORDONPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- ARTHUR DALE SINKSENCorporal · June 2, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE BOETJESpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- ALLEN EDWARD GUYSergeant · August 26, 1968
- KENNETH JOSEPH KNOEFERLGunnery Sergeant · March 18, 1969
- JAMES MICHEAL KINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
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.