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ROBERT LANI LAZARUS
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 24, 1948 – October 10, 1969
Service recordRobert Lani Lazarus, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1969; four of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 63
- NICHOLAS PIERRE LANNOYECorporal · October 10, 1969
- CALVIN WALTER MAXWELLMajor · October 10, 1969
- EUGENE JOSEPH MORSEFirst Lieutenant · October 10, 1969
- TED PIERCESpecialist Four · October 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RAYMOND ADAMSCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 60
- THOMAS FRANCIS BROWN JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 17W, Line 60
- WILLIAM ROLLAND GODFREYSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 61
- TED PIERCESpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 63
- LARRY GENE PREWITTSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 64
- JOSE CONTRERAS SALINASSpecialist Four · Panel 17W, Line 64
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 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.