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RICHARD LEON LASSITER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 20, 1948 – May 5, 1969
Service recordRichard Leon Lassiter, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 6
- RODNEY ALLEN HOHNCorporal · May 5, 1969
- LAFE INGRAMPrivate First Class · May 5, 1969
- ANTHONY BERNARD JONESPrivate First Class · May 5, 1969
- SINCLAIR BYRON LEWIS JRStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WOODROW WILSON BISHOP JRSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 4
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
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.