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MICHAEL ALEXANDER LACKNER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 3, 1950 – July 15, 1969
Service recordMichael Alexander Lackner, of Deer Park, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 15, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 125
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Deer Park, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 125
- ROGER LEE GLEISpecialist Four · July 15, 1969
- SAMUEL EDWARD GODBEYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- JOHN CURRIE HANSENFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1969
- THOMAS EUGENE HEMPELSpecialist Four · July 15, 1969
From Deer Park
- FRANK ANDREW GAGLIARDOSergeant · October 30, 1965
- GEORGE BERNARD HESSEPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- RONALD FRANCIS RICCIARDOSpecialist Four · March 28, 1969
- FRANK CARL AMBROSIOSpecialist Four · April 30, 1969
- BRUCE EDWARD KANECorporal · August 9, 1969
- WILLIAM ANDREW MONTANOLance Corporal · November 19, 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.