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GERALD HENRY LAVOIE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 3, 1948 – June 15, 1968
Service recordGerald Henry Lavoie, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 28
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Woonsocket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 15, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 28
- ALBERT LEONARD GUNNCorporal · June 15, 1968
- GUADALUPE LERMAPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM LITZLERCorporal · June 15, 1968
- DOUGLAS EUGENE LONGSergeant · June 15, 1968
From Woonsocket
- LEWIS METCALFE WALLING JRSecond Lieutenant · February 11, 1962
- ANTHONY SILBASpecialist Five · March 28, 1966
- RONALD JOSEPH BRISSETTEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- PAUL LIONEL DURANDPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- RENE RAYMOND COUTUCorporal · August 27, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD DUCHARMELance Corporal · October 2, 1967
- DENNIS EDWARD BURKESecond Lieutenant · February 6, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM LAUZONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL RAYStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN FRISKSergeant · March 27, 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.