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WILLIAM JOSEPH LENOVER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 2, 1947 – March 28, 1967
Service recordWilliam Joseph Lenover, of Dolton, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 28, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 62
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Dolton, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 62
- ANTHONY HAWKINSLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- ARTHUR ELLIOTT JONESSergeant · March 28, 1967
- DANIEL REX LAIRDCorporal · March 28, 1967
- EDWARD EARL MORTONPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
From Dolton
- LARRY CHANDLER WESTPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- DALE ALAN BISHOPPrivate First Class · April 13, 1967
- HAROLD DEAN SPRAGGSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- ANTHONY JOHN SCHNELLER JRPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- DAVID KNOXLance Corporal · June 8, 1968
- JAMES CLARKE BEAVERCorporal · November 4, 1969
- JAMES HARRY SACHASCHIKPrivate First Class · February 24, 1970
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.