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ERNEST REGINALD LASHER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 1, 1948 – May 3, 1970
Service recordErnest Reginald Lasher JR, of Germantown, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Surveyor (82C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Germantown, New York (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 92
- JOHN LEWIS KOTORASergeant · May 3, 1970
- ARTHUR ELVIN LACHANCEStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
- PERRY ANDRE LECLERCSpecialist Five · May 3, 1970
- RANDALL SCOTT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAY FRANCIS EVANSSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 91
From Germantown
- HENRY ALBERT COONSCommander · February 28, 1968
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.