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LAMAR HAYES TEMPLE
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 12, 1946 – August 16, 1967
Service recordLamar Hayes Temple, of Killeen, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 3
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Killeen, Texas (Bell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 3
- LARRY J PETERSCaptain · August 16, 1967
- HUGH EDWIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 16, 1967
- KENNETH RAYMOND SPOHNLance Corporal · August 16, 1967
- DAVID VAUTOURLance Corporal · August 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LELAND WAYNE HYSLOPCorporal · Panel 25E, Line 1
- TIMOTHY V RHODESSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 2
From Killeen
- CHARLES PIERCE SPARKSPrivate First Class · October 24, 1964
- NORMAN COLUMBUS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1965
- ALBERT EDWARD SOMBELONStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- ARTHUR CECILIO AGUIRREStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1967
- ROY ROBERT BOOTHSpecialist Four · May 27, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE MAURERSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- THOMAS G BERNARDYSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
- FLOYD BROWN SPENCER JRMajor · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT OLIVER WELLSSergeant · March 26, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID ALLEN JRCaptain · March 16, 1971
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.