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JOHN HAYES LAKIN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 14, 1946 – May 24, 1969
Service recordJohn Hayes Lakin, of Ft Walton Beach, Florida, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 96
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- June 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Walton Beach, Florida (Okaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 96
- CARL FREDERICK LYBRANDPrivate · May 24, 1969
- CHARLES JEROME MANSKECaptain · May 24, 1969
- ANASTACIO MONTEZSergeant First Class · May 24, 1969
From Ft Walton Beach
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS DEROSIERSecond Lieutenant · September 19, 1966
- FREDDIE RICHARD PITTSLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT BUSHCaptain · July 24, 1968
- CARREL GORUM EALUMSpecialist Four · September 10, 1968
- JOHN WALLACE ISRAELTechnical Sergeant · March 8, 1969
- SAMUEL JUDSON MATHISChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 8, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN HICKMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 4, 1969
- PHILLIP LESLIE CLARKSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- JOEL CRAIG YORKSpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
- FRED ALLEN GASSMANSergeant · October 5, 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.