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MELVIN STETTINIUS LAMAR
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 29, 1945 – July 19, 1968
Service recordMelvin Stettinius Lamar, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 11
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Hattiesburg, Mississippi (Forrest County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 11
- RICHARD EDWARD DALY JRSergeant · July 18, 1968
- JOSEPH JOHN GUCWAPrivate First Class · July 19, 1968
- THOMAS LEON GUTHRIEStaff Sergeant · July 19, 1968
- DENNIS WRIGHT KEEFELance Corporal · July 19, 1968
- GUY RICHARD KINGSpecialist Four · July 19, 1968
From Hattiesburg
- JAMES WILLIAM SIZEMOREWarrant Officer 1 · November 4, 1965
- CECIL DOUGLAS BRELANDPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- OLIVER WENDELL MYERSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- THOMAS DEVECMON OTT IIAirman · July 29, 1967
- PAUL MELVYN DOUGLASStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1968
- JOHNNY RAY BURTONSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- EDWARD ERNEST MCBRIDEMajor · November 27, 1968
- DENNIS LEE ROADSSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
- ELIJAH WALLACE BURKETTSpecialist Four · July 10, 1969
- ROGER DALE SUMRALLSergeant · July 2, 1970
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.