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EDWARD DONALD LAMOREUX
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 26, 1949 – March 25, 1969
Service recordEdward Donald Lamoreux, of Plainfield, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 37
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Plainfield, Connecticut (Windham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 37
- PRENTICE WAYNE HICKSSergeant First Class · March 25, 1969
- BOBBY DALE JENNINGSPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- LEONARD WILLIAM LABOWSKISergeant · March 25, 1969
- PHILLIP EDMOND LYNCHPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD GREEN JRCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 35
- GREG WENDELL MILLSSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 38
- JAMES JOHN OSHAUGHNESSYCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 104
From Plainfield
- NORMAN ROGER SURPRENANTPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- DONALD JOHN ZASTOWSKYSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
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.