Carl John Laker

Vietnam War
Unit75th Infantry Regiment
RankSpecialist 4 U.S. Army
Entered Service FromClearwater Florida
Date of DeathJune 17 1970
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Specialist, Fourth Class Laker was a member of Company H, 75th Infantry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On June 17, 1970, he was the assistant leader of a reconnaissance team on a search mission in Mondol Kiri Province, Cambodia. Upon encountering the enemy, he was killed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.