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RONALD WAYNE LAZICKI
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 28, 1946 – September 30, 1968
Service recordRonald Wayne Lazicki, of Austin, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 48
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 48
- GLENN ROBERT LAWFIELDSpecialist Four · September 30, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES MARTINSpecialist Four · September 30, 1968
- JAMES GREGORY MESAPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- KENNETH WALTER MILLERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN LLOYD MCPHAILWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 42W, Line 49
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 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.