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GEORGE DONALD LACUS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 8, 1947 – October 26, 1967
Service recordGeorge Donald Lacus JR, of Holyoke, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 26, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 75
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Holyoke, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 75
- MELVIN CHARLES LAPPCorporal · October 26, 1967
- JOHN JACOB LAWENDOWSKIMajor · October 26, 1967
- CONVERSE RISING LEWIS IIICorporal · October 26, 1967
- JOHNNY MEANSPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
From Holyoke
- LEONARD LEE KASTERFirst Lieutenant · August 6, 1964
- STANLEY P KIERZEKSpecialist Five · July 20, 1965
- ROBERT GEORGE BOUSQUETCorporal · August 18, 1965
- NEAL OLIN RICHEYStaff Sergeant · October 20, 1965
- DAVID LEE OWENSLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- THOMAS MARTIN SEKLECKISpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- KENNETH RAYMOND BROWNPetty Officer Second Class · August 5, 1967
- DONALD ARTHUR LABONTEHospitalman · February 28, 1968
- VINCENT OWEN MCCANN JRCorporal · December 26, 1969
- CLAYTON KENNETH HOUGH JRLance Corporal · February 22, 1969
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.