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MICHAEL DEANE LAUX
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 28, 1945 – March 25, 1966
Service recordMichael Deane Laux, of Appleton, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 25, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 49
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Appleton, Wisconsin (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 49
- CLYDE D MCDONALD IIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- RONALD M NEUMANPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
- SHIRLEY WAYNE OBOYLEStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
From Appleton
- LARRY DUANE JUDKINSHospitalman · February 10, 1967
- ALLEN DARYL PAPENFUSPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- ROBERT HARVEY REINKECorporal · March 21, 1967
- DENNIS JAMES ADAMSKISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- DENNIS ROBERT SCHMIDTAirman · November 28, 1967
- KENNETH JOSEPH GRASSLPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS HARTZHEIMPetty Officer Second Class · February 27, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL MORIARTYPrivate · August 22, 1968
- TIMOTHY GEORGE ARENSCorporal · October 1, 1968
- KENT ALAN CUNNINGHAMHospitalman · November 1, 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.