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JAMES ALAN LASCHE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 23, 1947 – February 6, 1967
Service recordJames Alan Lasche, of Ames, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 130
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Ames, Iowa (Story County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 130
- RONALD WILLIAM MCNEILLYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JAMES OLEN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · February 6, 1967
- MERRHAGE MICHAEL MOYERSergeant · February 6, 1967
- CARLOS NOBERTO MUNIZCorporal · February 6, 1967
From Ames
- LARRY DEAN BLEEKERSecond Lieutenant · October 26, 1967
- JAMES LEE MERRICK JRLieutenant · October 3, 1968
- DAVID WENDELL MYERSCaptain · November 20, 1968
- STEPHEN ABRAM RUSHINGSergeant · July 30, 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.