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MICHAEL ALAN LAUCHMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 10, 1949 – July 27, 1970
Service recordMichael Alan Lauchman, of Menges Mills, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1970, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Menges Mills, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 59
- GRADY LOUIS EILANDSergeant · July 27, 1970
- JAMES WILLIAM HUDSONSergeant · July 27, 1970
- LEONARD WHITLEY KIDDSpecialist Five · July 27, 1970
- LARRY JAMES MCDOWELLCorporal · July 27, 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.