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SABINO LARA JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 26, 1950 – February 21, 1971
Service recordSabino Lara JR, of West Covina, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 26, 1950
- Home of record
- West Covina, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1971; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 128
- ROBERT CORONADOSpecialist Four · February 21, 1971
- ROBERT EUGENE DECELLE IICaptain · February 21, 1971
- EDWARD FRANCIS DOWNEY JRSpecialist Four · February 21, 1971
- JOHN JOSEPH LEVULISSpecialist Four · February 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- PETER LINO BARILIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 127
- JAMES PATRICK CALIFFCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 127
- TERRY LEE NIELSENPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 129
- JOHN RAYMOND SELAKPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 129
- FREDERICK ANTHONY YOUNGCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 130
From West Covina
- RICHARD W PETERSONPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- JOEL MICHAEL SABELCorporal · July 10, 1967
- LOUIS ZANE SILVERIILance Corporal · December 3, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH COOKPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- DAVID HUGH LALICHCorporal · June 11, 1968
- GEORGE STEPHEN JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- WILLIAM LODI NEGRINICorporal · May 6, 1969
- HAROLD ROY CHRISTENSENSergeant · June 19, 1969
- JOHN JAMES WILLEYStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
- BERT MARRION GUENTHER JRSergeant · November 15, 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.