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JOHN ARTHUR LAFFERTY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 20, 1941 – June 24, 1968
Service recordJohn Arthur Lafferty, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 29
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1941
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1968; seven of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 29
- RICHARD ALFRED JONESPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- ANDREW ALPHONSO LANGCorporal · June 24, 1968
- JAMES FRANK MEGAPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- KENT FROEMMING MILLERMajor · June 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST WILLIAM GARRETTSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 27
- CHARLES C PEDRICK IICorporal · Panel 55W, Line 30
- DONALD JAY ROEPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 31
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.