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JOHN HENRY LADUKE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 2, 1948 – April 20, 1967
Service recordJohn Henry Laduke, of Paterson, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 20, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 53
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
- February 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Paterson, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 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
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 53
- GARY REGAN FOXPrivate First Class · April 20, 1967
- JAMES ANTHONY GALUTZCorporal · April 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD LAWSON JRFirst Lieutenant · April 20, 1967
- CECIL EUGENE LITTLESergeant · April 20, 1967
- DARRELL JAMES NAYLORSpecialist Four · January 5, 2006
From Paterson
- JESSE JAMES JRLance Corporal · June 23, 1965
- LLOYD VINCENT GREENESergeant · November 8, 1965
- RAFAEL SANTIAGO-CRUZPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- WILLIAM HOBSON HUBBARDSergeant First Class · March 16, 1966
- PETER FRANCIS MEADPetty Officer Third Class · May 21, 1966
- WLADMIR WILLIAM ZUBARSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- VINCENT JAMES GABRIEL JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- DONALD IANDOLISergeant · November 19, 1967
- ARTHUR JORDANPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- EDWARD KUBISKYSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
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.