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GENE ALFRED LABOUNTY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 23, 1948 – May 20, 1968
Service recordGene Alfred Labounty, of Plattsburgh, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 20, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 6
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Plattsburgh, New York (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 6
- GREGORY STANLEY KOWALESKISergeant · May 20, 1968
- JOHN DAVIS LARRY JRSergeant · May 20, 1968
- LARRY LEON MITCHELLSpecialist Four · May 20, 1968
- GARY KEVE MORRISCorporal · May 20, 1968
From Plattsburgh
- CARL JOSEPH LATOURSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- EUGENE EDWARD BONNETTStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD TOWNSLEYPrivate · January 5, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANCIS CONLEYCorporal · May 31, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- WILLIAM ALBERT ASPINALLCorporal · September 13, 1967
- ROBERT VINCENT SIPELance Corporal · October 1, 1967
- ALBERT WAYNE CUDWORTHPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON WRAYPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
- EDWARD FREDERICK BROWN JRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1970
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.