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GERARD ANDRE LAVIGNE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 1, 1948 – April 1, 1968
Service recordGerard Andre Lavigne, of Woodland Hills, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 33
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Woodland Hills, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 33
- RAYMOND OMER KINCANNONCaptain · April 1, 1968
- DONALD EDWARD KULACZChief Petty Officer · April 1, 1968
- DELMAR LEON LAWRENCEPetty Officer Third Class · April 1, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN LULLAFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1968
From Woodland Hills
- DAVID FRANK SHERRELLCorporal · June 6, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS LOHMANPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- STEVEN EDWARD LEGLERSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
- TIMOTHY PAUL MCGUIREPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- JOHN HOWARD PRIESTHOFF IICorporal · September 22, 1968
- RICHARD ALLAN WEAVERSergeant · November 29, 1968
- HERBERT KIRK SKINNERPrivate First Class · December 7, 1968
- JEFFREY HOWARD FOULKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1969
- CHARLES W WARRINGTON JRPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
- MYRON WALDO BERGStaff Sergeant · April 8, 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.