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JOHN F LAZAROVICH JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 14, 1948 – December 4, 1967
Service recordJohn F Lazarovich JR, of Scituate, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 36
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Scituate, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 36
- ROBERT DOUGLAS KINGWarrant Officer 1 · December 4, 1967
- CLYDE MARVIN LEESpecialist Four · December 4, 1967
- WALTER LAWRENCE MATEJECKPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE MILLERSergeant · December 4, 1967
From Scituate
- JOSEPH THOMAS HUNTCorporal · January 27, 1968
- WAYNE PAUL NEWCOMBLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- HAROLD CHARLES WHITTAKERStaff Sergeant · February 29, 1968
- JAMES EDWIN DOLANSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
- ROBERT DAVID RHODESCorporal · May 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.