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ROBERT EDWARD LAVENDER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 22, 1942 – September 20, 1969
Service recordRobert Edward Lavender, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 20, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 117
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Frs Basic Ea-6a/B Electronic Warfare Officer (I) (7582)
- Born
- August 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 117
- WILLIAM VINCENT FLYNNFireman · September 20, 1969
- WALTER VANN LEMMOND IIICaptain · September 20, 1969
- FRANK JAMES MONTEZCorporal · September 20, 1969
- DANIEL NAPIERSKIESpecialist Four · September 20, 1969
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.