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MARTIN JAMES LACHER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 18, 1927 – April 3, 1966
Service recordMartin James Lacher, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 3, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 80
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 18, 1927
- Home of record
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 80
- DAVID EUGENE HORNBYLance Corporal · April 3, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- GARY DEAN NAILCorporal · April 3, 1966
From Lancaster
- STEVEN HESS BOYERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOSEPH EUGENE JACKSONSergeant · January 27, 1966
- GEORGE ROBERT WEAVER JRPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1966
- PERCY LEROY CAMPBELLMajor · November 6, 1966
- CHESTER EARL ROWE JRCorporal · April 5, 1967
- JAY DONALD HERRCorporal · August 20, 1967
- GERALD LEE MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD JENNINGSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- HENRY GERALD GISHStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE DEWITTSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
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.