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JOHN LARRY LAVISH
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
August 9, 1938 – August 1, 1967
Service recordJohn Larry Lavish, of West Frankfort, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 1, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 61
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Frs Basic F/A-18 Pilot (I) (7521)
- Unit (as recorded)
- KOR MAR
- Born
- August 9, 1938
- Home of record
- West Frankfort, Illinois (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 61
- ROBERT HOMER HARDENBROOKStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1967
- ROBERT LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN KLAGESFirst Lieutenant · August 1, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE MATHISPrivate First Class · August 1, 1967
From West Frankfort
- JUNIOR RAY MORGANLance Corporal · January 14, 1967
- PHILIP GENE OVERTURFPrivate · April 20, 1967
- RICHARD LEE KINNEYHospitalman · April 30, 1967
- ROGER WAYNE MORGANCorporal · April 30, 1968
- RONALD DEAN ROGERSLance Corporal · August 31, 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.