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DARREL EUGENE LAFEVRE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 29, 1948 – October 31, 1968
Service recordDarrel Eugene Lafevre, of Buffalo, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Buffalo, Oklahoma (Harper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 65
- LARRY KEITH HENDEEFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1968
- FARIS E HOLLANDSergeant First Class · October 31, 1968
- CHARLES RUIZ LEMUS JRPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- ALFRED RICHARD MAHONEY JRFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY DALE BLALACKCorporal · Panel 40W, Line 62
From Buffalo
- JAMES EARNEST SHUYLERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
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.