SGT APIMENIO ("API") LARA
720th Military Police Battalion
89th Military Police Group
18th Military Police Brigade
"C" Company
Age
23 - From Upland, California
Killed in action May 30, 1968 - Long Khanh, South Viet Nam
INFORMATION FROM VIETNAM VETERANS
MEMORIAL FUND (www.vvmf.org)
is honored on Panel 63W, Row 18 of
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Full Name: APIMENIO LARA
Wall Name: APIMENIO LARA
Date of Birth: 9/21/1944
Date of Casualty: 5/30/1968
Home of Record: UPLAND
State: CA
Branch of Service: ARMY
Rank: SGT
Casualty Country: SOUTH VIETNAM
Casualty Province: LONG KHANH
INFORMATION FROM "720th MILITARY
POLICE BATTALION VIET NAM PROJECT"
(http://www.720mpvietnamproject.org/honor_roll_720th/casualties_battalion/lara_apimenio/lara_apimenio.html)
SP/4 Lara was one of the first volunteers to join the newly formed 720th MP Battalion combined Ambush and Recon Platoon under Operation STABILIZE.
In April 1968 SP/4 Lara was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for Valor.
He left the Ambush Platoon when he received his promotion from SP/4 to SGT, and returned to C Company and was assigned to regular duties.
On 30 May 1968 SGT Lara was the Noncommissioned Officer In Charge (NCOIC) of a patrol of two armored gun jeeps that were ambushed by the Viet Cong. SGT Lara was seriously wounded during the ambush and later died at the evacuation hospital.
--- General / Personal ---
Last name: LARA
First name: APIMENIO
Home of Record (official): UPLAND
State (official): CA
Date of Birth: Thursday, September 21, 1944
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: SGT
Serial Number: 19877182
Component: Regular
Pay grade: E5
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 95B40
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Tuesday, July 11, 1967
Date of Casualty: Thursday, May 30, 1968
Age at time of loss: 23
Casualty type: (A2) Hostile, died of wounds
Reason: Gun, small arms fire (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam
Province: Long Khanh
The Wall: Panel 63W - Row 018
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