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REGNOLD JOSEPH LACOST
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 26, 1950 – June 23, 1970
Service recordRegnold Joseph Lacost, of Ironwood, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 23, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 84
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Ironwood, Michigan (Gogebic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 84
- EUGENE HUGGINSStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1970
- JAMES WARREN LENZPrivate First Class · June 23, 1970
- HAROLD LEE LINVILLEPetty Officer Second Class · June 23, 1970
- PATRICK DARREN LOVELLPrivate First Class · June 23, 1970
From Ironwood
- DAVID EMIL AILIStaff Sergeant · December 12, 1967
- JACK WILLIAM GRANDAHLSpecialist Four · February 13, 1968
- JOHN DANIEL SHERMOSSergeant First Class · November 11, 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.