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JOHN H LATTIN JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 24, 1944 – December 15, 1967
Service recordJohn H Lattin JR, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 5
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 51 INF
- Born
- March 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “F CO 51 INF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 5
- JOHN DONALD ROCHESergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- MICHAEL DENNIS SANDERCorporal · December 15, 1967
- ROBERT MITCHELL SAWAYACorporal · December 15, 1967
- PATRICK JACKSON SMITHSpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.