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LAWRENCE RAY LASITER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 18, 1929 – June 19, 1967
Service recordLawrence Ray Lasiter, of Lawton, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 14
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 18, 1929
- Home of record
- Lawton, Oklahoma (Comanche County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 14
- JAMES GARY HINCHSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES JINDRASpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY ALAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- BLAINE WILSON LANDERSSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND WILLARD GODWINSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 12
- FREDERICK WILLIAM SCHAEFFERSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 13
- STEVEN RICHARD MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 15
- HOBART WILSON MCCOMAS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 16
- DONALD DURWOOD MORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 16
- IGNACIO PORTUGAL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 17
- KAZIMIERZ HENRYK SLOMIANYSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 20
- RONALD GALE TROGDONSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 22
From Lawton
- ARNOLD DEAN KNIFFINMajor · June 1, 1964
- CLYDE DAVID TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1966
- ALBERT C ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM EMMETTSergeant First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILFRED ALCIDE DOIRONPlatoon Sergeant · June 22, 1966
- RUSSELL EUGENE PESEWONITPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- HULSA D WOLFEStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1967
- DOUGLAS WAYNE HILLPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JOHN DAVID MERRIMANSecond Lieutenant · August 31, 1967
- CLIVE LEROY EVANSCorporal · September 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.