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JAMES ERVIN LAKEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 9, 1944 – May 8, 1967
Service recordJames Ervin Lakey, of Bryson City, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 61
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- December 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Bryson City, North Carolina (Swain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 19E, Line 61
- DANIEL LYNN KIRSTEINPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1967
- JOHN CARL KOPACSKALance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- GARY HAROLD KREHCorporal · May 8, 1967
- LARRY MILTON LANGANPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
From Bryson City
- DOUGLAS ROLLAND SUTTONSergeant · May 26, 1968
- WAYNE DANIEL JENKINSSpecialist Four · September 12, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM TUCK JRCorporal · February 4, 1969
- CURTIS BREEDLOVESecond Lieutenant · May 12, 1969
- BILLY VANCE MORRISSpecialist Four · October 22, 1971
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.