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HERVE JOSEPH GUAY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 27, 1945 – June 2, 1968
Service recordHerve Joseph Guay, of Biddeford, Maine, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 12
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
- August 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Biddeford, Maine (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 12
- WILLIAM JAY DUNCANPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- COLIE ETHERIDGE JRPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- CHARLES DOUGLAS FARRELLSergeant First Class · June 2, 1968
- CLEM CALVIN GILESFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1968
- RICKIE LUKERPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
From Biddeford
- NORMAN GERALD JOSE POITRASLance Corporal · August 22, 1966
- ROGER EDWARD LABONTESecond Lieutenant · December 8, 1966
- REYNALD GERARD LEPAGEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- ROBERT NORMAND DECHENEWarrant Officer 1 · September 17, 1967
- RAYMOND ARTHUR BORDUASPrivate First Class · June 4, 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.