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CLARENCE ROSAIRE LAVOIE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 15, 1945 – May 26, 1970
Service recordClarence Rosaire Lavoie, of Hartford, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Hartford, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 104
- STEVEN MICHAEL JANEDASpecialist Four · May 26, 1970
- DAVID KEITH JOHNSONSergeant · May 26, 1970
- THOMAS ARTHUR LOLLARSergeant · May 26, 1970
- EDWARD MARTIN MILLERStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BUNTINGPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 101
- CARL WAYNE CROWESergeant First Class · Panel 10W, Line 101
- ROBERT WASHINGTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 106
From Hartford
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · February 18, 1966
- EDMUND FRANCIS EDDYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- LAWRENCE DANE WOODSCaptain · June 24, 1966
- MALCOLM CRAYTON BERRYPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- DAVID KEITH HIGHTFirst Lieutenant · June 30, 1966
- STEPHEN S STRYCHARZ JRLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- JIMMY LEE LANGSTONPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ALLAN PAUL FIRMNECKHospitalman · April 22, 1967
- JAMES STEVEN LEONARDCorporal · May 18, 1967
- LAWRENCE JAY SILVERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
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.