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ARTHUR ELVIN LACHANCE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 30, 1945 – May 3, 1970
Service recordArthur Elvin Lachance, of Chester, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1970, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Chester, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 92
- JOHN LEWIS KOTORASergeant · May 3, 1970
- ERNEST REGINALD LASHER JRSpecialist Four · May 3, 1970
- PERRY ANDRE LECLERCSpecialist Five · May 3, 1970
- RANDALL SCOTT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES M TREESHCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 93
From Chester
- EDGAR STOMS DONAGHYStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- WILLIAM BROOKS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- GERALD VICTOR JOHNSONSergeant · August 24, 1965
- CHARLES ROBERT DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD SHOWALTERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- HAROLD JUNIOR KOLLERSergeant · September 2, 1966
- BARRY CARLTON PRICEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- CARLTON MATTES OTTEYPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
- ARNOLD BENSON JRSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD HARNER JRSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
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.