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CORNELIUS AFAI LAULII LAU
Captain · U.S. Army
May 29, 1930 – March 20, 1967
Service recordCornelius Afai Laulii Lau, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 29, 1930
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 123
- MICHAEL HENRY JULIANPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- ROBERT LESTER KESSELLance Corporal · March 20, 1967
- FREDERICK CARMEN KUNNACorporal · March 20, 1967
- BENNIE JOE PAOLANTONIOSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH BAILEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 118
- FRANK BARRERAS IIICorporal · Panel 16E, Line 118
- MICHAEL DEVERNE BIRDCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 118
- ROBERT EDWARD BROWNCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 118
- CARL ROGER CROSIERCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 119
- JOHN WILLIE DEVINEPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 120
- EARL NEWSOM HAMMONDSergeant First Class · Panel 16E, Line 122
- GARY CLARK HATFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 122
- GREGORY BERT JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 122
- FREDERICK CARMEN KUNNACorporal · Panel 16E, Line 123
- BENNIE JOE PAOLANTONIOSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 123
- MICHAEL LESTER LAWSONPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 124
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 125
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MCGUIREPrivate · Panel 16E, Line 125
- DAVID WILLIAM ROBERTSPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 126
- JOSE ANTON ROBLES-MIRANDAStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 126
- GEORGE BACON ROSS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 126
- OSWALD CLAYTON SOUTH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 126
- ODELL JACK WERNERSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 127
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.