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EUGENE LOUIS LAVOY JR
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
April 23, 1946 – March 3, 1967
Service recordEugene Louis Lavoy JR, of Grand Forks, North Dakota, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 3, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 11
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Warehouse Clerk (3051)
- Born
- April 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Grand Forks, North Dakota (Grand Forks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 11
- LARRY DEAN HESSONSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- JOHN HENRY JOHNSON JRPrivate · March 3, 1967
- EDWIN JONESPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- DAVID C PAPESHPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
From Grand Forks
- ROBERT EDWIN SWANSONPrivate First Class · October 26, 1965
- MARTIN WILLIAM STEENMajor · May 31, 1966
- CLIFTON EMMET CUSHMANMajor · September 25, 1966
- GARY WAYNE LINDSAYLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- JAMES CHRISTIAN FREIDTPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
- WILLIAM TOD POTTERCaptain · February 5, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES OLSONPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- RICHARD FRANK TRISKESergeant · June 2, 1968
- THOMAS EARL ALDERSONCaptain · October 3, 1968
- MELVIN DENNIS LEMBKEFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 1968
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.