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ROGER ALAN LAKIN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 27, 1944 – March 25, 1970
Service recordRoger Alan Lakin, of Derby, Kansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 25, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 43
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
- Pilot Hmh/M/L/A Ah-1 Qualified (I) (7565)
- Born
- July 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Derby, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 43
- HARVEY LEON JAYPrivate First Class · March 25, 1970
- MICHAEL EUGENE JUSTUSFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1970
- SANFORD GENE PACKSpecialist Four · March 25, 1970
- THOMAS PADILLASpecialist Four · March 25, 1970
From Derby
- BOBBY JACK PAPPANSergeant · September 5, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAY MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- THOMAS LEE SONDERMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 8, 1971
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.