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RICHARD DOUGLAS LAXSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 25, 1947 – August 15, 1969
Service recordRichard Douglas Laxson, of Denton, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 45
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Denton, Texas (Denton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 45
- VINCENT LLOYD SHEPERSKYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1969
- JACKY EUGENE LANDERSSpecialist Four · August 15, 1969
- DAVID BURNETT LENTZSpecialist Four · August 15, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE LEWISCorporal · August 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICKY WAYNE CHURCHCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 44
- JACKY EUGENE LANDERSSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 45
From Denton
- EARL GLENN CLARKPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- RICHARD RAMSEL HUGHESSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
- LAWRENCE RAY BARNSStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1970
- JOHN CLARENCE KOZUCHCaptain · October 3, 1972
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.