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JOHN JOSEPH LAVELLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 30, 1950 – July 29, 1970
Service recordJohn Joseph Lavelle, of Bayonne, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 66
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachute Rigger (43E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Bayonne, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 66
- WALTER BILLY GOLOMBESKISergeant · July 29, 1970
- RICKY J HILLSSpecialist Four · July 29, 1970
- DANNY LEE HILTERBRANSpecialist Four · July 29, 1970
- RONALD TRENT JONESPrivate First Class · July 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANNY LEE HILTERBRANSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 66
- PLEASANT MCCRAY JRCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 67
From Bayonne
- MICHAEL DANIEL CHWANCaptain · September 30, 1965
- STANLEY JOHN KOPCINSKILance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL MCGUIREPrivate · March 20, 1967
- THOMAS CHESTER BEKIEMPISLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- VICTOR MANUEL NEGRONAirman First Class · September 19, 1967
- FRANK ANDRISANO JRCorporal · November 19, 1967
- DONALD JOSEPH CRUDENStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS SOSNOWSKICaptain · February 16, 1968
- JAMES WITTPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- WACLAW JOZEF MACZULSKIGunnery Sergeant · March 21, 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.