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LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 30, 1946 – October 9, 1965
Service recordLauriano Lawrence Lovato, of Oakland, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1965
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 114
- CARL EDGAR ANDERSONPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES BERMINGHAMPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WAYNE PETER EARL BREEDINGPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- DONALD FREYSpecialist Four · October 9, 1965
Same unit, same day
- DONALD FREYSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 114
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
- GARY ALLAEN MACHADOPrivate First Class · July 6, 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.