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HARRY FRANK LALONDE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 27, 1947 – September 16, 1969
Service recordHarry Frank Lalonde JR, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1969, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 95
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- January 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 95
- JACK HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · September 16, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH KALENCaptain · September 16, 1969
- WALTER BEDFORD LOWE JRStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1969
- CHARLIE HOWARD MITCHELLCorporal · September 16, 1969
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
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.