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VALENTINO J LASCOLA JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 15, 1949 – May 22, 1970
Service recordValentino J Lascola JR, of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tubine Engine Drive/Generator Repairer (52F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 864 ENG BN
- Born
- July 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Pawtucket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1970; three of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 83
- DAVID JOHN ORTALSCorporal · May 22, 1970
- RONALD RAY SAGERSStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1970
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM THEISStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1970
- GEORGE FRANCIS BARRY JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 23, 1970
From Pawtucket
- ANTONIO PAUL MACIMINIOLance Corporal · May 21, 1966
- RONALD GERARD PIERCEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- NORMAND AURELE PLANTESpecialist Four · April 28, 1967
- CHARLES YAGHOOBIAN JRFirst Lieutenant · October 14, 1967
- RAYMOND WIL MICHALOPOULOSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- ROBERT WILFRED RENAUDPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- WILLIAM HOWARD MOORE IIISpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- JAMES VINCENT CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · February 18, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD OBRIENCaptain · March 21, 1969
- WALTER LEO PRITCHARD JRLieutenant Colonel · April 12, 1969
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.