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JOSEPH MARK LAUINGER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 5, 1945 – January 8, 1970
Service recordJoseph Mark Lauinger, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 14
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
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 14
- JAMES LOUIS MCCABE JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1970
- JAMES CARROLL MITCHELL JRPetty Officer First Class · January 8, 1970
- JOHN EDWARD NIERERSergeant · January 8, 1970
- RONALD ERNEST PICKARTWarrant Officer 1 · January 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLARD WINSTON CROYSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 12
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 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.