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LAVOUGHN HERMAN FOLKERS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 22, 1932 – February 28, 1967
Service recordLavoughn Herman Folkers, of Racine, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 119
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- July 22, 1932
- Home of record
- Racine, Wisconsin (Racine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 119
- JAMES FRANKLIN LAMNCorporal · February 28, 1967
- JIMMY LEE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- MATTHEW LEONARDSergeant First Class · February 28, 1967
- PATRICK NICHOLAS LYONSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
From Racine
- GILBERT RONALD NICKERSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT IRA BUSHCaptain · June 9, 1966
- ANTHONY GEORGE CALVERLEYLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES ROHANPetty Officer Third Class · September 16, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES MERCIERLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- LARRY ALLEN WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- JAMES LEONARD BOEHLERPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- CHARLES ALLEN JOHNSONCorporal · September 11, 1967
- PAUL WINTON WAHLER JRFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE CORK JRPetty Officer Third Class · December 4, 1967
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.