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HARRY ELMER LAUCK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 27, 1943 – July 14, 1970
Service recordHarry Elmer Lauck, of Wellsburg, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Wellsburg, West Virginia (Brooke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 16
- JAMES LEE CAMPBELLSergeant · July 14, 1970
- BRUCE CHARLES CANDRLSergeant · July 14, 1970
- PAUL GERALD GUIMONDStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1970
- JAMES THOMAS HEMBREE JRStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN READY IIISpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 18
From Wellsburg
- ROBERT LEROY LAZEARFirst Lieutenant · April 15, 1967
- JOE ALBERT FUNK IISpecialist Four · May 25, 1967
- ROBERT VERNON DURBINCorporal · August 5, 1967
- HAROLD CARL DAWSON JRSpecialist Four · May 19, 1969
- ROBERT BOYD MOSSGROVESpecialist Four · February 25, 1970
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.