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JOHN ALLEN LAVOO
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
July 15, 1940 – September 19, 1968
Service recordJohn Allen Lavoo, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 19, 1968, in North Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 39
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Frs Basic F/A-18 Pilot (I) (7521)
- Born
- July 15, 1940
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 43W, Line 39
- CALVIN DAVID LARGOSpecialist Four · September 19, 1968
- BRUCE STANLEY LARSONPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- JOSEPH PAUL LOPEZCorporal · September 19, 1968
- LARRY DALE MASSENGILLLance Corporal · September 19, 1968
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
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.