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DAVID ANTHONY LACOURSE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 9, 1948 – May 3, 1969
Service recordDavid Anthony Lacourse, of West Burke, Vermont, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 107
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1948
- Home of record
- West Burke, Vermont (Caledonia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 107
- GERALD WAYNE FORTEPrivate First Class · May 3, 1969
- NORVILLE MARTIN HENN JRCaptain · May 3, 1969
- PAUL JONESSpecialist Four · May 3, 1969
- MICHAEL ROOSEVELT KITCHENPrivate First Class · May 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY CHARLES BEEBEStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 105
- SILAS LUCAS HICKS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 106
- EARL PATRICK SNOWSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 109
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.