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HOWARD WALLACE LAKEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 14, 1947 – July 28, 1969
Service recordHoward Wallace Lakey, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 66
- BERNARD JULIAN MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
- BRIAN GREGORY PARROTTPrivate First Class · July 28, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL RENNERLance Corporal · July 28, 1969
- DUANE MICHAEL ROUSSEAUStaff Sergeant · July 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL EUGENE FABRISICorporal · Panel 20W, Line 64
- JOHN ROBERT GAINERCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 65
- PETER JAMES GERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 65
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.