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ERNEST ALBERT LAROCHE
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
April 17, 1947 – February 26, 1966
Service recordErnest Albert Laroche, of West Franklin, New Hampshire, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 26, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 81
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- April 17, 1947
- Home of record
- West Franklin, New Hampshire (Merrimack County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 81
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DONALD STEPHEN NEWTONSergeant First Class · February 26, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROBERT D WILLIAMS JRCorporal · February 26, 1966
From West Franklin
- EUGENE HOWARD HARRIMANStaff Sergeant · December 23, 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.