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WILLIAM LON LOCKHART
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 26, 1946 – September 3, 1967
Service recordWilliam Lon Lockhart, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 92
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1946
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 92
- FRANCIS BRADFORD AMOROSOCorporal · September 3, 1967
- GEORGE ARTHUR DIDASKALOUPrivate First Class · September 3, 1967
- LEWIS C GILDERWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1967
- KAORU HONDASpecialist Five · September 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CLARENCE ROUSESpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 93
- JOSEPH MICHAEL SALVOSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 93
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.