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LAVERN MICHAEL LAMEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 7, 1949 – March 5, 1969
Service recordLavern Michael Lamey, of Milan, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Grader Operator (62K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 15 ENG CO 299 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP
- Born
- November 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Milan, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “15 ENG CO 299 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 47
- GERALD BRUCE LANEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- DANIEL W LAWSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- JOHNNY RALPH LYNNPrivate First Class · March 5, 1969
- KENNETH MARTINSpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY GENE LACAEYSEPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 46
From Milan
- LARRY GENE GRAYPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL BRYANPetty Officer Third Class · May 14, 1967
- ROBERT CONOVER PIERCYCorporal · February 7, 1968
- JIMMIE SHERRILL WARRENSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- LARRY JAMES EGLINSDOERFERLance Corporal · June 7, 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.