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VAL LYNDON LAFON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 14, 1926 – January 11, 1969
Service recordVal Lyndon Lafon, of Ogden, Utah, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 14, 1926
- Home of record
- Ogden, Utah (Weber County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1969
- Age
- 42
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1969. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 73
- JOHN MARTIN ROUSCHERPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
- LEAVY CARLTON SOLOMONSpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- MICHAEL DALE THOMASHospitalman · January 11, 1969
- MATTHEW WINSTON THORNTONSpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS C BULLARDSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 69
- CHARLES KEITH DAYSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 70
From Ogden
- DARREL L PRICESpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- LYNN ELMO HUNTERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- RANDOLPH BUCK WARDPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- RONALD LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- VERNE DEWITT JOHNSON IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- JOSEPH GARY VOGRINECPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ROBERT KENT HORSPOOLPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- BRENT F WARDLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK BONDFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1968
- FRANKLIN JOE HINERCaptain · June 25, 1968
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.