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JAMES EARL LAKINS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 27, 1948 – January 17, 1970
Service recordJames Earl Lakins, of Henryville, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 40
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Henryville, Indiana (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 40
- CHARLES JACK GIRARDBrigadier General · January 17, 1970
- WARREN STUART HALLSecond Lieutenant · January 17, 1970
- JOHN MICHAEL JENNINGSColonel · January 17, 1970
- ROBERT HENRY MILLERSpecialist Four · January 17, 1970
- DAVID ARTHUR SWEETPrivate First Class · January 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WARREN STUART HALLSecond Lieutenant · Panel 14W, Line 40
- ROBERT HENRY MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 40
- DAVID ARTHUR SWEETPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 40
From Henryville
- LARRY LEE CHAPMANSpecialist Four · April 17, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM RECTORConstructionman · May 14, 1969
- LARRY MICHAEL BAUGHPrivate First Class · October 31, 1969
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.