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LAUREN RAY EVERETT
Commander · U.S. Navy
July 13, 1934 – October 17, 1971
Service recordLauren Ray Everett, of Wadena, Iowa, served as a Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 17, 1971, in North Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 41
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. Navy
- Rank
- Commander (CDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 MAF
- Born
- July 13, 1934
- Home of record
- Wadena, Iowa (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1971
- Age
- 37
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1971. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 41
- ALVIS T BARRINGTON JRSergeant · October 17, 1971
- BARRY LEE BROWNSpecialist Four · October 17, 1971
- WALLACE JOSEPH DEPREOSpecialist Five · October 17, 1971
- DAVID ROBERT HOUSERSpecialist Five · October 17, 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.