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IVARS LAMA
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 31, 1937 – September 11, 1966
Service recordIvars Lama, of Bamberg, South Carolina, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 11, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- October 31, 1937
- Home of record
- Bamberg, South Carolina (Bamberg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 87
- LARRY RAYMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · September 11, 1966
- MICHAEL RYAN MCLENDONLance Corporal · September 11, 1966
- JOHN EVERETT PADDOCKLance Corporal · September 11, 1966
- GLENN ROSS PHILLIPS JRPetty Officer Third Class · September 11, 1966
From Bamberg
- JERRY MELTON STILLCorporal · August 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.