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EDWARD ARTHUR LAPIERRE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 10, 1935 – June 13, 1967
Service recordEdward Arthur Lapierre, of Nasonville, Rhode Island, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 13, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 98
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- January 10, 1935
- Home of record
- Nasonville, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1967; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 98
- CHARLES LYNN HEMMINGWAYFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
- CLYDE RICHARD HOUSER JRPrivate First Class · June 13, 1967
- FRANKLIN DELANO MCNARYSenior Chief Petty Officer · June 13, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD MYERSSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEE CUMISKEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21E, Line 97
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.