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ELMER DALE LAUCK
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
November 28, 1941 – March 11, 1968
Service recordElmer Dale Lauck, of Torrington, Wyoming, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · 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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 28, 1941
- Home of record
- Torrington, Wyoming (Goshen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 18
- HERBERT ARTHUR KIRKStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- ELDON JOHN KIRKPATRICK JRPrivate First Class · March 11, 1968
- DAVID WILLIAM KMETZSpecialist Four · March 11, 1968
- DANIEL LLOYD MEYSEMBOURGPrivate First Class · March 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ALBERT ANDREWSPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 13
- JAMES MILTON WARRSergeant · Panel 44E, Line 22
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.