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ROY ALLEN LAMON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 26, 1946 – April 26, 1968
Service recordRoy Allen Lamon, of Liberal, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 20
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Liberal, Kansas (Seward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 20
- WILLIAM ROBERT JENNETTSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- KENNETH LEE JOHNSONAirman First Class · April 26, 1968
- TERRY JOE KENNEYSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- MARC JOHN KUZMAPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS J CARROLLCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 15
From Liberal
- ELDON DALE LONGPrivate First Class · March 10, 1966
- PATRICK EDWARD OBRIENCorporal · February 22, 1967
- RUSSELL DESMOND WHELCHELLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- LARRY DEAN WARRENPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- GEORGE LARRY CRUSEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- ALLEN ROYAL BRADFORDCorporal · May 7, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR LOVESergeant · May 13, 1969
- JACKIE LEE SWINKPrivate First Class · October 14, 1969
- EDWARD LEE CRAIGSpecialist Four · February 1, 1970
- RAYMOND DEAN REGIERCorporal · February 5, 1970
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.