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SIDNEY GILBERT LAZARUS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 20, 1947 – August 14, 1969
Service recordSidney Gilbert Lazarus JR, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 40
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Duty Soldier (57A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 40
- JOHN ALAN KUEFNERCorporal · August 14, 1969
- ROBERT WARREN MAJORLance Corporal · August 14, 1969
- ROBERT STEVENS MITCHELLPrivate First Class · August 14, 1969
- DARYL MILTON MOGCKSergeant · August 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ELTON BEANStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 36
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.