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--- General / Personal ---
Last name: LASHER
First name: ERNEST REGINALD JR
Home of Record (official): GERMANTOWN
State (official): NY
Date of Birth: Tuesday, June 1, 1948
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: SP4
Serial Number: 126407615
Component: Regular
Pay grade: E4
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 82C10
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Howitzer Battery 2nd Squadron
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Wednesday, June 18, 1969
Date of Casualty: Sunday, May 3, 1970
Age at time of loss: 21
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Multiple fragmentation wounds (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam
Province: Tay Ninh
The Wall: Panel 11W - Row 092