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MONTY GILBERT LACKAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 3, 1948 – March 24, 1969
Service recordMonty Gilbert Lackas, of Columbus, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 27
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbus, Nebraska (Platte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1969; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 27
- JOHN DAVID HAMILTON JRPrivate First Class · March 24, 1969
- WILLIAM HOWARD KEELERSpecialist Four · March 24, 1969
- THOMAS LEE LOANPrivate First Class · March 24, 1969
- ROBERT THOMAS MANNINGPrivate First Class · March 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY RAY PARKERSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 28
- JOSEPH FRANCIS SCHIMPFCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 30
From Columbus
- DENNIS KEITH BAHRPrivate First Class · August 19, 1966
- LARRY MILTON LANGANPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- ARTHUR JOHN ENQUISTSergeant · June 10, 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.