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JOSE ENRIQUE LAGUER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 12, 1946 – March 5, 1966
Service recordJose Enrique Laguer, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 120
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 1 MAR
- Born
- January 12, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1966; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “L CO 3 BN 1 MAR”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 120
- CECIL WAYNE BURTONLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- HENRY DEAN LANKFORDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DENNIS M LYDENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- PAUL IVAN MAHERLance Corporal · March 5, 1966
- TOMMY ROGER MILLERHospitalman · March 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD ASHBY HULTQUISTStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 118
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.