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GEORGE EUGENE LALAND
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
October 10, 1923 – September 21, 1967
Service recordGeorge Eugene Laland, of New York, New York, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 104
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 10, 1923
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1967
- Age
- 43
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 104
- ALBERT ARTHUR KEDROSKI JRCorporal · September 21, 1967
- WILLIAM JAMES KILDAREPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
- RONALD REED KINGCorporal · September 21, 1967
- JOHN EARLE KLETTHospitalman · September 21, 1967
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.