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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Joseph Charles Lazicki.

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JOSEPH CHARLES LAZICKI

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

September 1, 1947 – March 2, 1970

Service record

Joseph Charles Lazicki, of Charleston Heights, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 13W · Line 74

Position of Panel 13W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
199 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
September 1, 1947
Home of record
Charleston Heights, South Carolina (Charleston County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 2, 1970
Age
22
Province
Long Khanh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

20 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 13W, Line 74

From Charleston Heights

All 12 names from Charleston Heights →

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.