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RICHARD DENMAN LAKIN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 20, 1944 – January 9, 1968
Service recordRichard Denman Lakin, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 8
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 68 AVN CO
- Born
- April 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1968; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 8
- LARRY RICHARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · January 9, 1968
- TIMOTHY LAMBERTPrivate First Class · January 9, 1968
- GLENNON MARCUSSENSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- GENIE LEE MCDONALDSergeant · January 9, 1968
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.