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APIMENIO LARA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 21, 1944 – May 30, 1968
Service recordApimenio Lara, of Upland, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 18
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 720 MP BN 89 MP GRP 18 MP BDE
- Born
- September 21, 1944
- Home of record
- Upland, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 720 MP BN 89 MP GRP 18 MP BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 18
- GREGORY RANDOLPH JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 30, 1968
- GEORGE FRANCIS LONGPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- ALPHONSE JOSEPH MACCHIONICorporal · May 30, 1968
- MARK ELDREDGE MELLORPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
From Upland
- DAVID ANDREW DENTONSpecialist Four · June 23, 1968
- JOHN PIO ROGONECorporal · June 29, 1968
- FREDERICK LEE DYERSecond Lieutenant · July 2, 1968
- WAYNE JOSEPH BENESPrivate First Class · October 18, 1968
- ARTHUR JACK CARLPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- RICHARD HENRY VOKESSpecialist Four · July 25, 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.