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JOHN JAMES LAFLER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 5, 1950 – August 27, 1970
Service recordJohn James Lafler, of Wyandotte, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 27, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 17
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Wyandotte, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 17
- MICHAEL RICHARD KEMPELPetty Officer Second Class · August 27, 1970
- DAVID MONTOYAPrivate First Class · August 27, 1970
- CHARLES WILLIAM NURISSOSpecialist Four · August 27, 1970
- RICHARD WAYNE PALCOWSKICorporal · August 27, 1970
From Wyandotte
- CHRISTOPHER PAUL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 30, 1967
- PATRICK RICHARD CALLAHANPrivate First Class · July 8, 1967
- CECIL R HOBBS JRSergeant · April 4, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD RAUBOLTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- ROBERT DOUGLAS JENKINSPrivate · May 27, 1968
- BILLY JOE TAYLORCorporal · August 2, 1968
- HENRY PHILIP BALDWINHospitalman · March 19, 1969
- DANNY KEITH YELLEYPrivate First Class · July 7, 1969
- GEORGE BERNARD TEARPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
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.