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LAMARRE ARTHUR MAJOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 29, 1946 – March 12, 1967
Service recordLamarre Arthur Major, of Benton Harbor, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Benton Harbor, Michigan (Berrien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 69
- ROBERT EDWARD JOHNSONAirman First Class · March 12, 1967
- RONALD LEE JOHNSTONFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1967
- STEPHEN EDWARD KAROPCZYCFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1967
- ELMO MARINELLIPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN FRANK BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 67
- CHARLES WESLEY BARRETTSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 68
- LAMAR HORNEPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 68
- RICHARD HUTCHINSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 68
- STEPHEN EDWARD KAROPCZYCFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 69
- DANNY DAVID RHOADSSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 70
- VICTOR JOSEPH RUGGERO JRPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 70
- DOUGLAS WAYNE STEGALLPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 70
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 71
- FILIBERTO GUILLER MIRANDASpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 71
- JAMES PAUL PERRONE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 71
From Benton Harbor
- ERNEST WATSONPrivate First Class · February 15, 1966
- BRUCE LOUIS MAROSITESSpecialist Four · March 1, 1966
- LARRY DUANE BUTGEREITSergeant · January 11, 1967
- WENDELL GLEN VAUGHNPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- FRANK EDWARD WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · June 1, 1968
- WILLIE SONNY DAVISPrivate · October 11, 1968
- EUGENE CROSSLEYCorporal · October 31, 1968
- DALE LLOYD JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 8, 1969
- ALLAN WAYNE PERSICKESpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- TIMOTHY ANDREW COOKSergeant · September 20, 1969
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.