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THOMAS PATRICK LAVIN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 30, 1944 – December 7, 1965
Service recordThomas Patrick Lavin, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 7, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 136 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 136
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Infantryman (0300)
- Born
- September 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 136
- PAUL ALLEN ROBERTSONSergeant · December 6, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN WILLIAM FREDERICK JRChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 7, 1965
- JAMES DONALD SALACaptain · December 7, 1965
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.