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DAVID LYNDALL LAJEUNESSE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 26, 1937 – June 1, 1968
Service recordDavid Lyndall Lajeunesse, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 9
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 26, 1937
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 9
- FRANK EDWARD WILLIAMSSergeant First Class · June 1, 1968
- LARRY LEE YORKCorporal · June 1, 1968
- JOSE QUINATA AGUONPlatoon Sergeant · June 2, 1968
- CHARLES CLIFFORD BAILEYPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 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.