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THOMAS EMILE LACOSTE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 12, 1949 – March 28, 1970
Service recordThomas Emile Lacoste, of Morgan City, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 28, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 52
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Morgan City, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1970; two 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 52
- CHARLES GLEN HEWITTLance Corporal · March 28, 1970
- FRED GEORGE KOVARIKSergeant · March 28, 1970
- EARL LEROY POOLESpecialist Four · March 28, 1970
- SIDNEY EARL ROHLERCorporal · March 28, 1970
From Morgan City
- BRADLEY TIMOTHY DAIGLEPrivate First Class · February 7, 1967
- DANNY LEE PAULPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- CLARENCE DARDAR JRSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- JOHN CONRAD SEEBODEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- RAYMOND PAGE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · August 9, 1969
- MARVIN JOHN LOUVIEREPrivate First Class · September 4, 1969
- DEXTER JOSEPH LOMBASPrivate First Class · November 16, 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.