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GERALD JOHN LAFLEUR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 16, 1947 – July 15, 1968
Service recordGerald John Lafleur, of Aurora, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 36
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Aurora, Illinois (Kane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1968; eight of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 36
- LARRY EUGENE MARTINMajor · July 15, 1968
- HARLENE EUGENE MILLETTESergeant Major · July 15, 1968
- HENRY ALBERT MITCHELLLance Corporal · July 15, 1968
- DAVID MERRILL PRICEPrivate First Class · July 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID MORGAN ARNOLDPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 33
- ANTHONY NOAH CONTICorporal · Panel 52W, Line 34
- TERRY LEE DAVISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 52W, Line 34
- ROBERT BRECKENRIDGE RAYSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 34
- STEVEN GIACOPPO JRSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 35
- ROBERT DAVIS HICKOXCorporal · Panel 52W, Line 35
- DAVID MERRILL PRICEPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 36
- CHRISTOPHER COWENSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 37
- LARRY MICHAEL WELSHPrivate First Class · Panel 52W, Line 37
- ROBERT JAMES ZENICKSpecialist Four · Panel 52W, Line 37
From Aurora
- CHARLES B JEFFRIES JRSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- JOHN PAUL CRANDALLSergeant · March 21, 1967
- RAMIRO CARDENASLance Corporal · February 27, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GARLICKPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- DENNIS ARRON TOADVINECorporal · March 11, 1968
- JAMES LEE LAKESergeant · May 12, 1968
- ALBERT EUGENE DAHLSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- KARL RICHARD HARINGSergeant · September 24, 1968
- ROBERT DALE HERREIDStaff Sergeant · October 10, 1968
- JAMES ALLAN ASCHERFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 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.