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JOHN N LACHICA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 16, 1934 – May 31, 1969
Service recordJohn N Lachica, of Chula Vista, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 28
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 16, 1934
- Home of record
- Chula Vista, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 28
- DAVID WASHINGTON KINNEYCorporal · May 31, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL LEONARDSergeant · May 31, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT LEWISPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
- BILLY JOE RALPH MARTINSpecialist Five · May 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD FRANCIS GLINIEWICZSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 26
From Chula Vista
- PAUL ARTHUR WILDAUERLieutenant Commander · March 2, 1964
- RICHARD BRIGHTPrivate · July 21, 1966
- RICHARD EARL SIPESPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CHARLES LEE MYERSSergeant · February 13, 1967
- WILSON E BIBLER JRSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- EDWIN EARL COOPERHospitalman · February 24, 1967
- JOHN IGNATIUS HIGGINS JRHospitalman · October 14, 1967
- RICHARD D WEEDERSpecialist Five · October 17, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD BIERNACKISergeant · March 14, 1968
- RAYMOND OMER KINCANNONCaptain · April 1, 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.