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JOHN IRVING LASSITTER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 10, 1946 – December 4, 1970
Service recordJohn Irving Lassitter, of Summerdale, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 4, 1970, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 106
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh/M/L/A Ah-1 Qualified (I) (7565)
- Born
- September 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Summerdale, Alabama (Baldwin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1970. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 106
- HENRY LEWIS CHAVISSpecialist Four · December 4, 1970
- GEORGE CURTIS GREEN JRSergeant · December 4, 1970
- JAMES REEVE HEIMBOLDCaptain · December 4, 1970
- TERRY DEWAYNE KINMANSpecialist Five · December 4, 1970
From Summerdale
- PAUL WILLIAM MALECSergeant · May 14, 1966
- LEONARD EARL GILESLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JOHN LESLIE STABLERPrivate First Class · August 23, 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.