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Roger Alan Lakin
First Lieutenant
HML-367, MAG-16, 1ST MAW, III MAF United States Marine Corps Derby, Kansas July 27, 1944 to March 25, 1970 ROGER A LAKIN is on the Wall at Panel W12, Line 43 See the full profile or name rubbing for Roger Lakin |
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REMEMBEREDby his comrades-in-arms from theUSMC/Vietnam Helicopter Association This was Scarface's saddest day of 1970. Four lieutenants were lost in a horrific midair that took place as the two AH-1Gs were making their break over the runway. Everyone that was at Marble Mountain Airfield when it happened on 25 March 1970 has a vivid memory of this crash. God Bless them, may they forever rest in peace. Semper Fidelis.
George T. Curtis |
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I was a year ahead of Roger at Derby Senior High School and I remember him as a football teammate. He was first string quarterback as a senior and would have been as a junior were he not playing behind the all-state first team QB. A really nice and smart guy. It is amazing that he has been gone for thirty-three years. But in our memories he will always be 17 and straight as a rod. From Derby to college at Valporaiso to the USMC to Viet Nam. No brighter star was lost in that war.
John Fleming |
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I remember Roger from Junior High in Madrid, Spain.
Michele Gibbs |
A Note from The Virtual WallFour men of HML-367 died when their AH-1G Cobras collided in flight overhead the Marble Mountain air base:
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