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DAVID HUGH LALICH
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 11, 1946 – June 11, 1968
Service recordDavid Hugh Lalich, of West Covina, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 27
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 11, 1946
- Home of record
- West Covina, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 27
- GEORGE WAYNE LARGEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
- CONRAD LERMANCorporal · June 11, 1968
- WILLARD DALE MARSHALLCaptain · June 11, 1968
- HERBERT NEIL STEHLESpecialist Four · June 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID MONROE PRUITTSergeant · Panel 58W, Line 29
- THEODORE PAUL RAYMONDCorporal · Panel 58W, Line 29
From West Covina
- RICHARD W PETERSONPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- JOEL MICHAEL SABELCorporal · July 10, 1967
- LOUIS ZANE SILVERIILance Corporal · December 3, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH COOKPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- GEORGE STEPHEN JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- WILLIAM LODI NEGRINICorporal · May 6, 1969
- HAROLD ROY CHRISTENSENSergeant · June 19, 1969
- JOHN JAMES WILLEYStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
- BERT MARRION GUENTHER JRSergeant · November 15, 1970
- DOUGLAS BRIAN KENTSergeant · January 5, 1971
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.