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JOHN ROACH LAKE JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 8, 1944 – October 2, 1969
Service recordJohn Roach Lake JR, of Miami, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 29
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 29
- PAUL HARLAN KRUSESpecialist Four · October 2, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL LAMBERTSergeant · October 2, 1969
- WASHINGTON MORRIS LANGLEYSpecialist Four · October 2, 1969
- ROBERT BRUCE LEONARDPetty Officer Second Class · October 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEE MUNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 31
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.