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DONALD THOMAS LASKAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 19, 1947 – June 23, 1969
Service recordDonald Thomas Laskay, of Lorain, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 122
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Lorain, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 122
- CHARLES EDWARD KUHN JRPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- MARZEL RAY LEESergeant · June 23, 1969
- ADRON LEE LEWISPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LINDQUISTSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EDWARD BARROWPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 116
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LINDQUISTSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 122
- STEVEN JAMES SKEENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 3
From Lorain
- RAYMOND ELLSWORTH RUPCICFirst Lieutenant · April 6, 1965
- DONALD RAYMOND BONKOCaptain · November 26, 1965
- RONALD RALICHPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- THOMAS REGINALD COWLEYStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RAYMOND HODOROWSKILance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCDANIELPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- JOSE HECTOR ORTIZPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- LARRY EDWARD FIELDSLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- BRUCE BERNARD LIVINGSTONLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH NAGYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
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.