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JAMES PHILLIP LACLEAR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 14, 1946 – May 12, 1966
Service recordJames Phillip Laclear, of East Lansing, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 53
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 9 MAR
- Born
- November 14, 1946
- Home of record
- East Lansing, Michigan (Ingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1966; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 53
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD WARREN HUNTOONLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT JONESPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RONALD HENRY JUSTISPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
From East Lansing
- GEOFFREY EMMONS GREENFirst Lieutenant · September 8, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD CANTLON JRPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- DOUGLAS J MILLERSergeant · December 10, 1966
- VERNON CHARLES WILDERSPINSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- CRAIG GEOFFREY KNOBLOCHPrivate First Class · February 11, 1968
- NORMAN ALAN FREDASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1969
- ASA PARKER GRAY JRColonel · May 13, 1969
- LEO FRANCIS HARTSUFFSergeant · September 7, 1969
- THEODORE RICHARD LEIGHTONFirst Lieutenant · January 27, 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.