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DELBERT CHARLES LAFLEMME
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 24, 1943 – October 7, 1964
Service recordDelbert Charles Laflemme, of Salem, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Born
- August 24, 1943
- Home of record
- Salem, Oregon (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1964
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1964. In October 1964, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 65
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- THOMAS ARTHUR BAINPrivate First Class · October 7, 1964
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
From Salem
- ELVIS GORDON BARKERCaptain · March 1, 1965
- DAVID ALLEN MORGANStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1965
- DAVID GORDON RUSSELLLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- THEODORE JAMES SHORACK JRMajor · June 9, 1966
- ROBERT GRAHAM NOPPLieutenant Colonel · July 14, 1966
- JOHN DOUGLAS CAREYPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- GERALD WALLACE EVENHUSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- DAREL LEE SILLSSpecialist Four · October 13, 1966
- LARRY RAY FOSTERPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- WALTER MACK PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · September 6, 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.